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Happy Reading.....http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)Blogger959125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-152365033633958539Fri, 02 Feb 2018 21:21:00 +00002018-02-02T16:21:58.590-05:00Book Club Picksbook club recommendationGill PaulHarper Collinsthe secret wifeThe secret wife by Gill PaulGreat Book Club Selection...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0CcFu0KEwVE/WnTUqG03xwI/AAAAAAAAMyk/xYYQ2Z5S2lUohWXdXW12aSQ5UfzhSX1JACLcBGAs/s1600/29638254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0CcFu0KEwVE/WnTUqG03xwI/AAAAAAAAMyk/xYYQ2Z5S2lUohWXdXW12aSQ5UfzhSX1JACLcBGAs/s200/29638254.jpg" width="131" /></a></div>Great book club get together last night! Great friends, great food... AND a GREAT BOOK! It's not very often that we all love a book so much that we all give it a 5 out of 5, but that's what we gave <b>The Secret Wife by Gill Paul </b>last night! Historical fiction at its best! Here's the Goodreads blurb:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>A Russian grand duchess and an English journalist. Linked by one of the world’s greatest mysteries...</i>&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Love. Guilt. Heartbreak.</i>&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>1914: Russia is on the brink of collapse, and the Romanov family faces a terrifyingly uncertain future. Grand Duchess Tatiana has fallen in love with cavalry officer Dmitri, but events take a catastrophic turn, placing their romance—and their lives—in danger...</i></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>2016: Kitty Fisher escapes to her great-grandfather’s remote cabin in America, after a devastating revelation makes her flee London. There, on the shores of Lake Akanabee, she discovers the spectacular jewelled pendant that will lead her to a long-buried family secret...</i>&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Haunting, moving and beautifully written, The Secret Wife effortlessly crosses centuries, as past merges with present in an unforgettable story of love, loss and resilience.</i></blockquote><br />Thanks author Gill Paul, for a great read! Look for my review coming soon... and in the meantime, check out what Gill Paul shares with her readers about <i>The Secret Wife </i>on <a href="http://www.harperreach.com/tatianas-footsteps-gill-paul-secret-wife/">Harper Reach</a>.http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2018/02/great-book-club-selection.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-7819372853417404915Sat, 27 Jan 2018 05:30:00 +00002018-01-27T00:30:15.451-05:00arcbook reviewbooks read 2018FictionPenguin Random HouseRomanceseries booksStill Me by Jojo MoyesWomen's fictionStill Me by Jojo Moyes... A Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xx3fMvqVMGk/WkqmJK5hkmI/AAAAAAAAMso/TVBbRFi3ZyMNJbpR_b3z1FkV8Kfv-ZkkwCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Cover.%2BStill%2BMe%2BHi%2BRes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1060" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xx3fMvqVMGk/WkqmJK5hkmI/AAAAAAAAMso/TVBbRFi3ZyMNJbpR_b3z1FkV8Kfv-ZkkwCPcBGAYYCw/s200/Cover.%2BStill%2BMe%2BHi%2BRes.jpg" width="131" /></a></div>I laughed, I cried, and I became totally enamored. Jojo Moyes weaves a story filled with love, humor, compassion and the need to be true to oneself. She does this by creating full of life characters that we grow to love and allowing us to still love the characters we've grown close to. I loved this book! Author Jojo Moyes amazes me. How you may ask? Let me tell you...<br /><br />First, What is the storyline? <i>Still Me</i> is about how beloved character Lousia Clark leaves everything behind, England, her close family, her hunky new paramedic boyfriend Sam and moves across the pond to New York City. She's still trying to live in the moment and experience all life has to offer as her precious deceased love, Will Traynor, <i>Me Before You</i>, has inspired her to do. She accepts a job working for a very wealthy family, who is as dysfunctional as you can imagine and along the way she meets so many wonderful people, all of whom we really get to know because Jojo Moyes knows how to delve deep into the souls of her characters. The pulse of the story centers around the quirky people in the building Louisa works in and New York City itself (and let me tell you, Jojo really captures the sights and sounds of The City! You really feel like you are right beside Louisa as she is walking those streets!) There are a few twists and turns in the juggling act Louisa must do in order to keep her job, her boyfriend and her sanity, but you'll have to read<i> Still Me </i>to find out how that all works out. *Hint... have tissues ready, it's a bumpy, emotional fun-filled ride!<br /><br />Now how is this story amazing? Well, revisiting a well loved character in a new book can be risky business. We loved Louisa Clark in England and the previous 2 books, Me Before You &amp; After You, we loved character Will Traynor, we even loved Louisa's new love interest Sam, but would we love her moving across the pond? Would this new story pull us in or would we be missing everything Louisa and Jojo Moyes leaves behind in the last two books including those characters? The answer is that author Jojo Moyes does a fantastic job on all counts and<i> Still Me</i> is a wonderful read!<br /><br />If you love the character Louisa Clark, if you've read the previous 2 books, or just <i>Me Before You</i>, you will love <i>Still Me</i>! If you haven't read the previous adventures of Louisa Clark, you still can enjoy <i>Still Me </i>and will fall in love with quirky, full of heart character Louisa Clark for the first time. In any case, pick up a copy of<i> Still Me by Jojo Moyes</i> and be prepared to be swept up in Louisa's newest adventure! A little romance, a little heartbreak, a lot of fashion and a great story! <b>Coming to your bookstore of choice January 30th</b>! Published by Penguin Random House.<br /><br />I want to thank <i>Penguin Random House</i> for sending along a review copy of<i> Still Me </i>for an honest review! I loved it!http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/still-me-by-jojo-moyes-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-6455744079014022414Sat, 20 Jan 2018 05:30:00 +00002018-01-20T00:30:02.716-05:00Author InterviewJojo MoyesMe Before YouPenguin Random HouseQ & AStill MeVikingInterview with Author Jojo Moyes...<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AEaZa217mNs/WkqgBSKNJpI/AAAAAAAAMsU/Fvvvg2cuHMkTk9J7x8pEKJ2Gu9szJ1powCLcBGAs/s1600/8buC_Kkv_400x400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AEaZa217mNs/WkqgBSKNJpI/AAAAAAAAMsU/Fvvvg2cuHMkTk9J7x8pEKJ2Gu9szJ1powCLcBGAs/s200/8buC_Kkv_400x400.jpg" width="200" /></a>Today I'd like to welcome author <b>Jojo Moyes </b>to <i>Chick with Books</i>! She's the wonderful author that pulled at our heartstrings with <b><i>Me Before You,</i></b> where we originally fell in love with her character Louisa Clark and a romance that seemed eternal. Jojo has written quite a few books, and a follow-up to <i>Me Before You </i>called <b><i>After You</i></b>, but today we wanted to get some insight into her new book coming out the end of January, <b>Still Me,</b> where she brings back the character Louisa Clark in a whole new adventure "<i>across the pond</i>" and ask her a bit about her writing...<br /><br /><b>In STILL ME, you bring Louisa Clark, the beloved character you created in Me Before You, to New York City. Why the transatlantic journey?&nbsp;</b><br /><br />I really wanted to stretch Louisa in a place where she would be out of her depth. What’s one of the wildest, most metropolitan places you could land a small-town girl? The heart of Manhattan. I have spent a lot of time in the US over the past five years and most trips begin with some time in New York so I have long been viewing the city through alien eyes myself. It’s tough, exciting, challenging, and unforgiving and enormous fun. The perfect backdrop for Lou’s adventure.<br /><br /><b>NYC is far from Lou’s home in Stotfold, England—what was your research process for finding the places and experiences that Lou enjoys in the Big Apple?</b><br /><br />As well as the time I spend on work trips, I came out in October and did a week’s solid research. &nbsp;I tried to do all the things that I put Lou through—except sleep in a horrible hotel with bedbugs! A friend got me into one of the really exclusive apartment buildings overlooking Central Park, which was invaluable, and the owner then put me in touch with a very experienced realtor who gave me chapter and verse on the realities of living in one of these places. It’s VERY specific, in the same way that it would be if you were a North or South Londoner, and it was important to me that I didn’t get things horribly off-key.<br /><br /><b> Reading STILL ME is like catching up with an old friend. How did it feel to revisit the story of Lou Clark and some of the other familiar characters, such as Treena and Ambulance Sam?</b><br /><br />I absolutely love writing Louisa. By now she does feel like an old friend. It’s really hard sometimes to find your way into a character, and with her it’s like slipping on your favorite clothes. I know her. I know how she would react to any given circumstance. She’s genuine and funny and a bit daft. But what was fun in this book was to really push her forward a bit. She grows up a lot, especially in the last third of the book. I think like many of us she is really still working out who she is.<br /><br /><b>One character remarks that New York suits Lou. What is it about Lou that makes you want to take her on new experiences? Why do you think she resonates with readers?</b><br /><br />I think Lou is very identifiable for a whole raft of people. In Me Before You, it was about being aware that life had somehow slipped away from you and reaching an age and finding yourself leading a very small life—and not being entirely sure how you got there or whether you even wanted to be somewhere else. But in After You a lot of readers seemed to identify with her grieving process—the difficulty of everybody else expecting you to move on and be cheerful and outgoing when you really don’t feel like that at all. Most importantly, Lou is someone who really tries to do the right thing—but often does the wrong thing—which I think makes her like an awful lot of us...<br /><br /><b>Class divide is a major theme in your books—Lou often finds herself in circles far different from her working-class upbringing, with employment to the Traynors in Me Before You and the Gopniks in STILL ME. Why is this dichotomy important to you and in your writing?</b><br /><br />I think in this book it’s much less class than money. All good narratives thrive on tension, and if you push together rich and poor or upper and working class then you have an inbuilt tension in your story. It’s a growing issue in society—the polarization of money and opportunity—and for most people we will only ever have our noses pressed against the window.<br /><br />At the same time, I think a lot of us now have the lives of very rich people broadcast to us daily—whether they be Kardashians or movie stars, on Instagram or via other social media, which makes that difference more obvious. With Lou, I wanted to ask how it would feel to step into one of those lives.<br /><br /><b>There is a thread in STILL ME about a public library on the brink of closing in Washington Heights. What significance does the library play in your life and why is it important in the story?</b><br /><br />I am passionate about libraries—they are one of the few cost-free resources that offer people not just shelter but the chance to entertain or improve themselves. I spent some time at a library in a very mixed area of Washington Heights where I saw quite how many different functions the public library performed—from a learning opportunity to a safe place, to somewhere people could make job applications, or just escape from their lives for a while. It really worries me how hard libraries are being squeezed in both the UK and the US. There are so few places that don’t require a financial transaction, that really are just about the joy of learning. Once they are gone we won’t get that resource back again.<br /><br /><b>Another prominent theme in STILL ME is the struggle for women to “have it all.” Louisa finds herself between the pull of New York high society and her life in England; Mrs. De Witt was torn between her fashion career and family life; Agnes struggled to maintain her old friendships after marrying into wealth. Why is a woman’s unique balance to play many roles in life while staying true to herself important to discuss?</b><br /><br />When I was a girl I assumed I was the equal to any boy and that I would be treated the same as an adult. For the most part that was the case—until I had children, at which point I discovered that there is always a choice to be made, always a compromise, and that in most cases that belongs to the woman. I’m lucky enough to have a husband who supports my work and does his best to be an equal partner in all ways—but I am a rarity. I know elderly women who had to give up their careers to follow their husbands, and I know younger women who gave up their jobs because their partners couldn’t be home for the children. I hope that one day we can find a way to make this a little more equitable. It’s good for men, too!<br /><br /><b>Fashion is a significant element in Lou’s story, notably the red dress and bumblebee tights in Me Before You. In STILL ME, Louisa becomes involved with an East Village vintage emporium, and Mrs. De Witt is revealed as a former fashion magazine editor. What is your interest in this world?</b><br /><br />Well, most of my friends would laugh at the idea that I was massively interested in fashion. My default uniform is shirt, jumper, jeans, boots. I rarely wear anything else. But it feels like such an integral part of Louisa’s character, and over the past few years I have discovered a love of vintage clothes. I have a number of vintage outfits—and suppliers—and I find them so much more enjoyable, both to buy and wear, than just a chain boutique. It’s partly textural—the work that goes into some of these older clothes—beading, cutting, stitching—is just beautiful. Even I can appreciate it!<br /><br /><b>In a couple of your books, including STILL ME, you created dogs that, much like your human characters, have distinct personalities and quirks. Why do your animal characters receive such prominent roles?</b><br /><br />I guess because animals are such a fundamental part of my own family. We joke that if we didn’t have our animals we’d have nothing to talk about. All our animals have distinct voices that we use for them (for some reason Eric, our shorthair cat, has a Spanish accent, whereas BigDog, our rescue Pyrenean, has a more lugubrious tone). I think anybody who has close contact with an animal knows that they have just as much personality and just as many expressions as humans do. If I’m writing one into a story, I can’t see why it shouldn’t have a fully formed character in the way that a human does.<br /><br /><b>Your books always evoke a wide range of human emotion—on one page, you leave readers laughing out loud and on the next, reduce them to tears. Is it a difficult process to combine such an accurate portrayal of the comedies and tragedies of life? How do you create such deep characters and storylines?</b><br /><br />Thank you! I consider that an enormous compliment. I guess it comes from the fact that I try to write the books I like to read—and if a book can make me laugh or cry then that author earns my undying loyalty. The key to writing them, I think, is that both laughter and tears have to come from a place that is honest—something that feels true to the character. If I know the character then as I write their experiences I feel what they are feeling—it then becomes easier to translate that emotion onto the page.<br /><br /><b>What was the Me Before You movie experience like? If you were to cast STILL ME, who do you see playing some of the new main characters?</b><br /><br />Writing and being part of the filming of Me Before You was, without doubt, the best—and most challenging—experience of my professional life. I was on the steepest learning curve and I worked flat out for months. But I loved the cast and crew and the director, producers and I are still good friends, so it never really felt like work.<br /><br />If I were to cast STILL ME I would obviously want Emilia Clarke to return as Lou. And having Sam Claflin as Josh would be a lovely way of bringing him back in! I have no idea who would play Margot—but I always saw her as looking a little like Iris Apfel, the famous NY society fashion icon.<br /><br /><b>What's next? More adventures for Lou?</b><br /><br />I’ve been saying no, as I would hate to be seen flogging her to death. But when I think about never writing her again I feel ridiculously sad. Maybe a short story?<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>About the Author...&nbsp;</b></i></span><br />Jojo Moyes was born in 1969 and grew up in London. After a varied career including stints as a minicab controller, typer of braille statements for blind people for NatWest, and brochure writer for Club 18-30, she did a degree at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London University. In 1992, she won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to attend the postgraduate newspaper journalism course at City University.<br /><br />Jojo worked as a journalist for ten years, including a year at South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, and nine at The Independent where she worked variously as News Reporter, Assistant News Editor and Arts and Media Correspondent.<br /><br /><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xx3fMvqVMGk/WkqmJK5hkmI/AAAAAAAAMsk/Y2dhV3QxWpk9y_HmMzRsJhnawbCWKytpgCLcBGAs/s1600/Cover.%2BStill%2BMe%2BHi%2BRes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1060" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xx3fMvqVMGk/WkqmJK5hkmI/AAAAAAAAMsk/Y2dhV3QxWpk9y_HmMzRsJhnawbCWKytpgCLcBGAs/s200/Cover.%2BStill%2BMe%2BHi%2BRes.jpg" width="131" /></a>Jojo has been a full time novelist since 2002, when her first book, Sheltering Rain was published. Since then she has written a further eleven novels, all of which have been widely critically acclaimed. Jojo has won the Romantic Novelist’s Award twice, and Me Before You has been nominated for Book of the Year at the UK Galaxy Book Awards. Me Before You has since gone on to sell over 8 million copies worldwide.<br /><br />Presently, Jojo lives (and writes!) on a farm in Essex, England with her husband, journalist Charles Arthur, and their three children.<br /><br />Look for Jojo Moyes newest book, <b><i>Still Me</i></b>, out on January 30th! In the meantime, for more information about Jojo and her books, please visit the webpage <a href="https://www.jojomoyes.com/">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/interview-with-author-jojo-moyes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-4390332825438089242Mon, 15 Jan 2018 05:30:00 +00002018-01-15T00:30:22.172-05:00Book recommendationsmemoirMemoir MondayMolly BloomMolly's GameMemoir Monday... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e1mRK-WrAIk/WlEOx_RQWxI/AAAAAAAAMwM/1Mm73IZIJJAKo7Pgz4aWvO5i9rFzx54sgCLcBGAs/s1600/51PH0fb-q0L._SX330_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="332" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e1mRK-WrAIk/WlEOx_RQWxI/AAAAAAAAMwM/1Mm73IZIJJAKo7Pgz4aWvO5i9rFzx54sgCLcBGAs/s200/51PH0fb-q0L._SX330_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><b>Molly's Game by Molly Bloom... </b>From the back cover:&nbsp;<i>When Molly Bloom was a little girl growing up in a small Colorado town, she watched her brothers win medals, ace tests, and receive high praise from everyone they met. Molly wanted nothing more than to bask in that glow a little herself, so she pushed herself too—as a student, as an athlete. She was successful but felt like she was always coming from behind. She wanted to break free, to find a life without rules and limits, a life where she didn't have to measure up to anyone or anything—where she could become whatever she wanted.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Molly wanted more, and she got more than she could have ever bargained for.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>In Molly's Game, Molly Bloom takes the reader through her adventures running an exclusive high-stakes private poker game. Her clients ranged from iconic stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck to politicians and financial titans so powerful they moved markets and changed the course of history. With rich detail, Molly describes a world that until now has been shrouded in glamour, privilege, and secrecy, one where she fearlessly took on the Russian and Italian mobs—until she met the one adversary she could not outsmart, even though she had justice on her side: the United States government.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Molly's Game is an incredible coming-of-age story about a young girl who rejected convention in pursuit of her version of the American dream. It's the story of how she gained—and then lost—her place at the table, and of everything she learned about poker, love, and life in the process.</i><br /><i><br /></i>I'm not really sure where I saw this originally. The cover struck me and I had to read what it was about. I thought it was some piece of literary fiction with a central character that had some cat and mouse game going on. But wow, it looks like this definitely is not what I was expecting! Molly Bloom was an olympic class skier, who got involved with high stakes poker that lead her to be arrested by 17 automatic rifle wielding FBI agents in the middle of the night. I'm thinking Orange Is The New Black meets poker. I read an excerpt and really liked the writing! It's now a major motion picture... read the book before the movie! On my TBR list NOW! http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/memoir-monday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-5996401170812640035Fri, 12 Jan 2018 05:30:00 +00002018-01-12T00:30:14.829-05:00Christopher YatesFirst LinesFirst Lines FridayGrist Mill RoadThrillerFirst Lines Friday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nqnEPcW2r1M/WlehkxxnPVI/AAAAAAAAMx0/Hz0n-4pYGa8roD9HgApK4MdMIiM65DDzQCLcBGAs/s1600/9781250150288-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="180" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nqnEPcW2r1M/WlehkxxnPVI/AAAAAAAAMx0/Hz0n-4pYGa8roD9HgApK4MdMIiM65DDzQCLcBGAs/s200/9781250150288-1.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6EkBBVOdmZk/WleiA0o53bI/AAAAAAAAMx4/AdjCrxJS9tURP07MnRX3nI4g5uO-HaZBQCLcBGAs/s1600/FirstLines1e-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="133" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6EkBBVOdmZk/WleiA0o53bI/AAAAAAAAMx4/AdjCrxJS9tURP07MnRX3nI4g5uO-HaZBQCLcBGAs/s200/FirstLines1e-1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><i>“I remember the gunshots made a wet sort of sound, phssh phssh phssh, and each time he hit her she screamed. Do the math and the whole thing probably went on for as long as 10 minutes. I just stood there and watched.”</i></span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <i>&nbsp;<b>...Grist Mill Road by&nbsp;Christopher J. Yates</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">A Thriller published by Picador and published January 9th!</span></div>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/first-lines-friday_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-3396276567452257358Thu, 11 Jan 2018 01:26:00 +00002018-01-10T20:26:29.671-05:00The Chalk Man by CJ Tudor... In my eReader now...<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bYWqiVjB9EU" width="480"></iframe></div>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-chalk-man-by-cj-tudor-in-my-ereader.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-6908798978952501467Tue, 09 Jan 2018 15:48:00 +00002018-01-10T08:46:16.958-05:00eBook bargainsKindle BargainsPearl S. BuckThe Good EarthThe Good Earth TrilogyBargain alert! Have you read...<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g3BEVma98dY/WlTcDjagIzI/AAAAAAAAMxI/YFwn1MxmAb8dmRv1YkJWiWPDNLrphqWzQCLcBGAs/s1600/51KYYLEZOoL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g3BEVma98dY/WlTcDjagIzI/AAAAAAAAMxI/YFwn1MxmAb8dmRv1YkJWiWPDNLrphqWzQCLcBGAs/s200/51KYYLEZOoL.jpg" width="130" /></a>This classic has been on my TBR list for forever. Have you read <b>The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck</b> yet? It's actually part of a trilogy with the first book being <b>The Good Earth,</b> the 2nd book is <b>Sons</b>, and the 3rd book is <b>A House Divided</b>, <strike>and if you are quick today, it's at a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Good-Earth-Trilogy-House-Divided-ebook/dp/B00CLVB9CY/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1515511029&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+good+earth+trilogy">bargain eBook price</a>&nbsp;of $3.99 at Amazon and <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-good-earth-trilogy-pearl-s-buck/1115261655?ean=9781480430419&amp;_bbid=8695971&amp;st=AFF&amp;SID=BNB_DRS_Evergreen_20150928&amp;2sid=Pubmark+Inc._5620418_NA&amp;sourceId=AFFPubmark+Inc.M000019">B&amp;N</a>!</strike><br /><br /><i>The Good Earth</i> won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932, and follows the story of Wang Lung, a Chinese peasan farmer, and his wife, O-lan, a former slave...<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><b>"</b>With luck and hard work, the couple’s fortunes improve over the years: They are blessed with sons, and save steadily until one day they can afford to buy property in the House of Wang—the very house in which O-lan used to work. But success brings with it a new set of problems. Wang soon finds himself the target of jealousy, and as good harvests come and go, so does the social order. Will Wang’s family cherish the estate after he’s gone? n</i><i>The family’s story continues in Sons and A House Divided, when the Revolution sweeping through China further unsettles Wang Lung’s family in this rich and unforgettable portrait of a family and a country in the throes of widespread national change.<b>"</b></i></blockquote>There was a bit of controversy surrounding as to the authenticity of an American author writing about Chinese culture and the struggles of this Chinese family. But the parents of Pearl S. Buck were missionaries in China and Pearl had spent her childhood growing up there and remained there until she was seventeen. She then went off to college, but soon returned to China, married John Lossing Buck, who was in China teaching American farming techniques. Because of all of this, Pearl had an intimate and sympathetic view of the Chinese and wrote from the heart.<br /><br />I can't resist a bargain, so I downloaded the trilogy! <strike>Use the links above to get your Kindle or Nook eBooks!</strike> But act fast, who knows when the bargain prices expire, AND always check the price before you hit the "buy" button!<br /><br /><b>*Update... The Bargain Sale is officially over as of 1/10, just one day later, and the price is now $23.99!&nbsp;</b><br /><br />Happy reading... Suzannehttp://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/bargain-alert-have-you-read.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-993469152661124785Mon, 08 Jan 2018 05:30:00 +00002018-01-08T00:30:23.564-05:00Anna QuinnBlackstone PublishingBooksChris BohjalianDoubledayIn my mailboxmailbox mondayMelanie BenjaminRandom House PublishingThe Flight AttendantThe Girls in the PictureThe Night ChildIn My Mailbox... Great Books Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0vlTPLBb0d8/V7HXEwSeD7I/AAAAAAAALvs/OYz7wO6R7OY3k9WZJaIvMwIvL2TENY6fwCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/InMyMailbox2-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="165" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0vlTPLBb0d8/V7HXEwSeD7I/AAAAAAAALvs/OYz7wO6R7OY3k9WZJaIvMwIvL2TENY6fwCPcBGAYYCw/s200/InMyMailbox2-1.jpg" width="165" /></a><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><i style="font-size: 24px;">In My Mailbox... </i>Getting back into the swing of things this week, with lots of packing to go, but needing to sit down and relax with some great reading! I'm a little over half way thru Still Me by Jojo Moyes, which is such a good read, but I wanted to share some great books&nbsp;</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 16px;">I've received in my mailbox (or actually in my eReader because all of the books this week are eGalleys!). I decided I would join in on the fun sharing them with you and the other bloggers participating in <a href="https://mailboxmonday.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/mailbox-monday-201/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 46, 238); color: #551a8b;"><b>Mailbox Monday</b></span></a>!</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><i>Mailbox Monday </i>is a weekly event for bloggers to share what books arrived in their mailboxes. <i>Mailbox Monday</i> was originally created by <i>Marcia of To Be Continued</i> and is now hosted b<i>y Vicki, Serena and Leslie</i> at<a href="https://mailboxmonday.wordpress.com/2017/01/01/mailbox-monday-151/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 46, 238); color: #042eee;"> <b><i>Mailbox Monday's</i></b></span></a><a href="https://mailboxmonday.wordpress.com/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 46, 238); color: #551a8b;"> </span></a>own blog.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;"><i>So, here are the books...</i></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ATEYl4gyyG4/Wk6frPjU71I/AAAAAAAAMtE/UGlCmmnXdlkXKw34fFMxxIULUUGymLp3gCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/cover115885-medium.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ATEYl4gyyG4/Wk6frPjU71I/AAAAAAAAMtE/UGlCmmnXdlkXKw34fFMxxIULUUGymLp3gCK4BGAYYCw/s200/cover115885-medium.png" width="135" /></span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><b>The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin... </b>It is 1914, and twenty-five-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she is determined to live independently as an artist. But the word on everyone’s lips these days is “flickers”—the silent moving pictures enthralling theatergoers. Turn any corner in this burgeoning town and you’ll find made-up actors running around, as a movie camera captures it all.</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">In this fledgling industry, Frances finds her true calling: writing stories for this wondrous new medium. She also makes the acquaintance of actress Mary Pickford, whose signature golden curls and lively spirit have earned her the title “America’s Sweetheart.” The two ambitious young women hit it off instantly, their kinship fomented by their mutual fever to create, to move audiences to a frenzy, to start a revolution.</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">But their ambitions are challenged by both the men around them and the limitations imposed on their gender—and their astronomical success could come at a price. As Mary, the world’s highest paid and most beloved actress, struggles to live her life under the spotlight, she also wonders if it is possible to find love, even with the dashing actor Douglas Fairbanks. Frances, too, longs to share her life with someone. As in any good Hollywood story, dramas will play out, personalities will clash, and even the deepest friendships might be shattered.</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">With cameos from such notables as Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Rudolph Valentino, and Lillian Gish, The Girls in the Picture is, at its heart, a story of friendship and forgiveness. Melanie Benjamin perfectly captures the dawn of a glittering new era—its myths and icons, its possibilities and potential, and its seduction and heartbreak.</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><i>Melanie Benjamin knows how to weave historical fiction into a story we become totally absorbed in! Looking forward to starting this book soon.</i><b> Coming out January 16th and published by Random House Publishing Group- Ballantine, Delacorte Press</b>.</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X0GKI9vo31w/Wk6jUU7SrbI/AAAAAAAAMtU/aF1RGJcfjV47JbXL8kiYhuUTAWevasUPQCLcBGAs/s1600/41DOwpZKXvL._SX327_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="329" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X0GKI9vo31w/Wk6jUU7SrbI/AAAAAAAAMtU/aF1RGJcfjV47JbXL8kiYhuUTAWevasUPQCLcBGAs/s200/41DOwpZKXvL._SX327_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="131" /></span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><b>The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian...</b> Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. She lives with them, and the accompanying self-loathing. When she awakes in a Dubai hotel room, she tries to piece the previous night back together, counting the minutes until she has to catch her crew shuttle to the airport. She quietly slides out of bed, careful not to aggravate her already pounding head, and looks at the man she spent the night with. She sees his dark hair. His utter stillness. And blood, a slick, still wet pool on the crisp white sheets. Afraid to call the police - she's a single woman alone in a hotel room far from home - Cassie begins to lie. She lies as she joins the other flight attendants and pilots in the van. She lies on the way to Paris as she works the first class cabin. She lies to the FBI agents in New York who meet her at the gate. Soon it's too late to come clean-or face the truth about what really happened back in Dubai. Could she have killed him? If not, who did?&nbsp;</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><i>I Love Chris Bohjalian and this sounds like a thriller I can sink my teeth in!</i> <b>Coming out March 13th and published by Doubleday Books!</b></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9kJ6aeVXOYQ/Wk6lDNHEB2I/AAAAAAAAMtg/Nth-1TsarpEnHO9o_rn4Zo6tJYUKtKVFACLcBGAs/s1600/35390279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9kJ6aeVXOYQ/Wk6lDNHEB2I/AAAAAAAAMtg/Nth-1TsarpEnHO9o_rn4Zo6tJYUKtKVFACLcBGAs/s200/35390279.jpg" width="125" /></span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><b>The Night Child by Anna Quinn... </b>Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl’s face appears above the students’ desks—“a wild numinous face with startling blue eyes, a face floating on top of shapeless drapes of purples and blues where arms and legs should have been. Terror rushes through Nora’s body—the kind of raw terror you feel when there’s no way out, when every cell in your body, your entire body, is on fire—when you think you might die.”</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Twenty-four hours later, while on Thanksgiving vacation, the face appears again. Shaken and unsteady, Nora meets with neurologists and eventually, a psychiatrist. As the story progresses, a terrible secret is discovered—a secret that pushes Nora toward an even deeper psychological breakdown.</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><i>This sounds so crazy good! It's gotten some great reviews too! And this is Anna Quinn's debut.</i> <b>Coming out January 30th and published by Blackstone Publishing</b>.</span></div>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/in-my-mailbox-great-books-coming-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-3550636238691762364Sun, 07 Jan 2018 05:30:00 +00002018-01-07T10:20:15.389-05:00Book recommendationsHarper CollinsIndie Next pickspsychological thrillerPutnam BooksSt. Martin's PressThe Perfect NannyThe Sunday PostThe Sunday SalonThe woman in the windowThe 3 Hottest Books for the Coldest Winter Days...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ABIdNdxq98s/WlAM-tACv-I/AAAAAAAAMvU/Ffuhq3E10LUeqhkK1hMpF25lzF_uEoL5QCLcBGAs/s1600/coffeee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="620" height="128" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ABIdNdxq98s/WlAM-tACv-I/AAAAAAAAMvU/Ffuhq3E10LUeqhkK1hMpF25lzF_uEoL5QCLcBGAs/s200/coffeee.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9_5KRaDbCKQ/V8MXC5C5YyI/AAAAAAAAL0o/bokHnlQkH9g6Nsh_lZK7u8v_1wYKHwQUQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/TSSbadge1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9_5KRaDbCKQ/V8MXC5C5YyI/AAAAAAAAL0o/bokHnlQkH9g6Nsh_lZK7u8v_1wYKHwQUQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/TSSbadge1.png" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Welcome to <b><a href="http://dhamel.typepad.com/sundaysalon/">The Sunday Salon</a></b> and <b><a href="https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/2018/01/sunday-post299-kleenex-vapor-rub-and-audiobooks.html">The Sunday Post</a></b>! It is damn cold here in Connecticut! Right now as I write this it's 7 degrees. Tonight it's predicted to get to 20 below zero! It started this past Thursday when it started to snow furiously all day, the wind whipping it all about in tall and beautiful snowdrifts. The temperatures then started to drop. I don't ever remember it being this cold and the only thing I want to do is stay snuggled up inside the house. BUT, I do have some books to keep me company until the spring thaw...</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">My First Book of The Year for 2018 is <i>Still Me by Jojo Moyes</i>, and I am enjoying it so much! I have 60 pages to go and I'm trying to slow down because I don't want it to end! But I know it will and I'll have to find other pages to read. And I do have some great reads in my eReader (come by tomorrow and I'll share them with you!). But today let me share with you some books coming out next week that are lighting the publishing world on fire (and don't we need a little fire with all this cold!)...</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SDhNRh83BfU/WlDma5kkTSI/AAAAAAAAMvw/zT0VuR_a3LQhIWyqEDtDo9IgA2J67izEACLcBGAs/s1600/517qzBCEunL._SX323_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="325" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SDhNRh83BfU/WlDma5kkTSI/AAAAAAAAMvw/zT0VuR_a3LQhIWyqEDtDo9IgA2J67izEACLcBGAs/s200/517qzBCEunL._SX323_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="130" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><b>The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani... </b><i>She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family’s chic apartment in Paris’s upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau. Building tension with every page, The Perfect Nanny is a compulsive, riveting, bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity, and motherhood—and the American debut of an immensely talented writer.</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">This is the first "Hot" book of 2018! This book won The Prix Goncourt (The Goncourt Prize) in 2016, which is a prize in French literature given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". Originally published in France as <i>Chanson Douce</i>, or "lullaby" (Sweet Song), &nbsp;It has sold over 600,000 copies since then. <b>Available Jan. 9th and published by <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/561318/the-perfect-nanny-by-leila-slimani/9780143132172/">Penguin</a></b>. On my TBR list!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xTtOWHeiWRs/WlDq2SB7k8I/AAAAAAAAMv8/VqTCEh5_9twULexjFmLH5s4tWJjCYOAvQCLcBGAs/s1600/Woman-in-the-Windowblog-196x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="196" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xTtOWHeiWRs/WlDq2SB7k8I/AAAAAAAAMv8/VqTCEh5_9twULexjFmLH5s4tWJjCYOAvQCLcBGAs/s200/Woman-in-the-Windowblog-196x300.jpg" width="130" /></span></a><b><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn...&nbsp;</span></b><br /><i><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Anna Fox lives alone—a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors.</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><i><br /></i><i>Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, a mother, their teenage son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble—and its shocking secrets are laid bare.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Lots of buzz about this book. Even movie rights have been sold for it. It's suppose to be a taunt psychological thriller and I'm so hoping that it lives up to all the hype! Lots of positive reviews pre-publication! <b>Coming out on January 2nd and published by <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062678416/the-woman-in-the-window">Harper Collins</a></b>! P.S. A.J. Finn is not the authors real name... On my TBR list!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-miqisscWtLw/WlDmAmujfjI/AAAAAAAAMvs/beqvnisk29wXa_LsSi3fjLU8xS77v8vVwCEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Wife-Between-Usblog-196x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="196" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-miqisscWtLw/WlDmAmujfjI/AAAAAAAAMvs/beqvnisk29wXa_LsSi3fjLU8xS77v8vVwCEwYBhgL/s200/The-Wife-Between-Usblog-196x300.jpg" width="130" /></span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><b>The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen...</b><i>&nbsp;</i></span><br /><i><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">When you read this book, you will make many assumptions.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement – a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love.&nbsp;</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Assume nothing.</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><i><br /></i><i>Twisted and deliciously chilling, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen's The Wife Between Us exposes the secret complexities of an enviable marriage - and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Another twist and turn book that's gotten quite a bit of buzz. It's made the Indie Next List this month, as did all of these book I'm talking about today, and it has gotten a lot of great pre-publishing reviews. <b>Coming out January 9th and published by <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/thewifebetweenus/greerhendricks/9781250130938/">St. Martin's Press</a>.</b> Definitely on my TBR list!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;"><i>And one more honorable mention in the hot books of the month club...&nbsp;</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8GN21j0eGHY/WlDlkwxupSI/AAAAAAAAMvk/CRGxpXLb93geZWbDnScd0_fTTvctC2CYQCLcBGAs/s1600/Immortalistsblog-196x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="196" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8GN21j0eGHY/WlDlkwxupSI/AAAAAAAAMvk/CRGxpXLb93geZWbDnScd0_fTTvctC2CYQCLcBGAs/s200/Immortalistsblog-196x300.jpg" width="130" /></span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin...&nbsp;</span></b><br /><i><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life?</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><i><br /></i><i>It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children—four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness—sneak out to hear their fortunes.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><i><br /></i><i>The prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician, obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">This is the #1 Indie Next choice for January, but I've seen a mixed bag of pre-publication reviews. Not so much of a thriller as literary fiction, I don't think this is going to get your heart beating fast and your palm sweating, but sounds like an interesting read. I'm reserving my judgement for this one, but it is on my TBR list. <b>Coming out on January 9th and published by <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/551044/the-immortalists-by-chloe-benjamin/9780735213180/">Putnam</a></b>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Week in Review...</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tIgcAtu8wko/WlEUyUJaAWI/AAAAAAAAMwc/KqVeZFFbCaUhoTyZqzM_M8pQUdA-KNgPwCLcBGAs/s1600/a-student-of-art-history-ivanov-sakachev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tIgcAtu8wko/WlEUyUJaAWI/AAAAAAAAMwc/KqVeZFFbCaUhoTyZqzM_M8pQUdA-KNgPwCLcBGAs/s200/a-student-of-art-history-ivanov-sakachev.jpg" width="158" /></span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">*Sunday was New Years Eve and my reveal for my <a href="http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/12/first-book-of-year-2018-still-me-by.html"><b>First Book Of The Year.</b></a>.. <b><i>Still Me by Jojo Moyes</i></b>!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><b>*<a href="http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/first-lines-friday.html">First Lines Friday</a></b> revealed the beginning of <b><i>Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor</i></b>!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">*Sadly on Dec. 28th, 2017 the reading world had to bid farewell to Sue Grafton, who passed away at the age of 77 from cancer. The Guardian.com posted <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/03/sue-grafton-obituary">her obituary</a> January 3rd. Unfortunately for fans of Grafton's alphabet series, the alphabet will be ending with Y.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;"><i>How Are You Keeping Warm on These Cold Winter Days?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">That about does it for this week. Next week we'll have some more great books coming out. And tomorrow I reveal 3 great eGalley's I just received from publishers for some great books coming out in the near future! Stop back and see what they are!&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Happy reading... Suzanne</span></div>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-3-hottest-books-for-coldest-winter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-215373411408111539Fri, 05 Jan 2018 05:30:00 +00002018-01-05T00:30:09.276-05:00C.J. TudorFirst LinesFirst Lines Fridaythe Chalk ManFirst Lines Friday... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MWMHkxQwTNE/Wk6tPACBxLI/AAAAAAAAMtw/sE2-I0zGYEA49shEWwEuhARBikPCvjBwgCLcBGAs/s1600/51raYZvG7FL._SX327_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="329" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MWMHkxQwTNE/Wk6tPACBxLI/AAAAAAAAMtw/sE2-I0zGYEA49shEWwEuhARBikPCvjBwgCLcBGAs/s320/51raYZvG7FL._SX327_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="210" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sD5ItBhLtGc/WHg-JZOT31I/AAAAAAAAMTk/yhrUjAIMVXcKWVdfjrcKDpFibubyIz5aQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/FirstLines1e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sD5ItBhLtGc/WHg-JZOT31I/AAAAAAAAMTk/yhrUjAIMVXcKWVdfjrcKDpFibubyIz5aQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/FirstLines1e.jpg" /></a></div><br /><i>The girl's head rested on a small pile of orange-and-brown leaves.</i><br /><i>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Her almond eyes stared up at the canopy of sycamore, beech and oak, but they didn't see the tentative fingers of sunlight that poked through the branches and sprinkled the woodland floor with gold. They didn't blink as shinky black beetles scurried over their pupils. They didn't see anything any more, except darkness...</i><br /><i>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <b>... The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor</b></i><br /><i><b><br /></b></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A psychological thriller published by <i>Crown</i> and coming out <i>January 9th</i>!</div>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2018/01/first-lines-friday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-5896647339987515832Sun, 31 Dec 2017 15:56:00 +00002017-12-31T13:24:39.914-05:00Book promoFirst Book of the YearFirst Book of the Year 2018Jojo MoyesStill MeStill Me by Jojo MoyesFirst Book of The Year 2018... Still Me by Jojo Moyes!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KceSrAZQjXQ/WkfRFLLBWAI/AAAAAAAAMq8/hcFLFBX2BRQbI2L6o4Z-EluFWNNJOnGxgCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/1-2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="84" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KceSrAZQjXQ/WkfRFLLBWAI/AAAAAAAAMq8/hcFLFBX2BRQbI2L6o4Z-EluFWNNJOnGxgCK4BGAYYCw/s320/1-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">How are you starting your reading year?! For the last 5 years, <a href="https://bookjourney.net/2017/12/17/first-book-of-the-year-the-tradition-continues/">Sheila from Book Journey</a> has hosted <b><i>First Book Of The Year.</i></b> Anyone can participate (with a blog or not), you just need to pick a book! A special book you've been waiting to read, a book maybe you received as a gift, any book you'd like to read...&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KCKI97lG_Xc/WkfVSlZ5DVI/AAAAAAAAMrE/FPF4qXrMF1U_8DqLrjrfBAd9gkfauW33ACLcBGAs/s1600/Photo%2Bon%2B12-25-17%2Bat%2B7.12%2BPM%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="644" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KCKI97lG_Xc/WkfVSlZ5DVI/AAAAAAAAMrE/FPF4qXrMF1U_8DqLrjrfBAd9gkfauW33ACLcBGAs/s200/Photo%2Bon%2B12-25-17%2Bat%2B7.12%2BPM%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="185" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">My choice this year is...</span> <b>Still Me by Jojo Moyes</b>. Are you familiar with Jojo Moyes? She wrote&nbsp;<i>Me Before You</i>&nbsp;and had the whole reading world turning those pages faster than the speed of light (not only that, but the book was made into a great movie that honestly did the book justice) When I read <i>Me Before You</i> by Jojo Moyes I never cried so much! But it was all good. The book was wonderful and we all came to know Louisa Clark as a quirky, intelligent and determined young lady full of heart. I'm ready to catch up with Louisa Clark as she starts life over in New York in <i>Still Me</i>! I'm also ready to start a new chapter in MY life... it's called retirement! So, the title of Jojo Moyes book fits right into that plan as well... even though I'm not working a 9 - 5 anymore, it's <i>Still Me</i>! Here's the publishers blurb...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>In STILL ME, Lou arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure, and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. Taking a job as the personal assistant to a New York socialite, Lou mixes with high society where she meets a man who brings with him a whisper of her past. As Lou tries to keep the two sides of her world together, she finds herself carrying secrets—not all her own—that cause a catastrophic change in her circumstances. When matters come to a head, she has to ask herself, Who is Louisa Clark? And how do you reconcile a heart that lives in two places? STILL ME is Jojo Moyes’ quirky, touching, and empathetic writing voice at its best, reminding readers why they fell in love with Me Before You.&nbsp;</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">I want to thank the publisher, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/535030/still-me-by-jojo-moyes/9780399562457/">Penguin Random House</a>, for sending along an advanced copy of <i>Still Me</i> just in time for my first book of the year! <b><i>O</i></b><b><i>n January 30th</i></b>, you can find a copy of <i><b>Still Me</b></i> at your favorite bookstore!&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>*Psst... </i></b>later this month look for a special Q&amp;A with Jojo Moyes AND possibly a giveaway!!</div>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/12/first-book-of-year-2018-still-me-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-2821803125129054755Mon, 25 Dec 2017 05:02:00 +00002017-12-25T00:02:32.980-05:00A Visit From St. NicholasChristmas DayChristmas poemClement C. Moore'Twas The Night Before Christmas...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BSN6JK-2ojM/WkCA_OCeszI/AAAAAAAAMps/hta0BO07RAIkLLTR-lHMQNchzd3e0QU5ACLcBGAs/s1600/St.-Nick-e1507224372426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="1200" height="137" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BSN6JK-2ojM/WkCA_OCeszI/AAAAAAAAMps/hta0BO07RAIkLLTR-lHMQNchzd3e0QU5ACLcBGAs/s320/St.-Nick-e1507224372426.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="c-feature-hd" style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="c-hdgSans c-hdgSans_2 c-mix-hdgSans_inline" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font-family: canada-type-gibson; font-size: 1.75rem; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.231; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Visit from St. Nicholas</h1></div><div class="c-feature-sub c-feature-sub_vast" style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 33px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="c-txt c-txt_attribution" style="border: 0px; color: #494949; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.875rem; font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: 1.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">BY&nbsp;<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/clement-clarke-moore" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 250ms cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1); vertical-align: baseline;">CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE</a></span></div></div><div class="c-feature-bd" style="border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="o-poem isActive" data-view="PoemView" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">The children were nestled all snug in their beds;</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Away to the window I flew like a flash,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">When what to my wondering eyes did appear,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">With a little old driver so lively and quick,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">"Now,&nbsp;<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dasher</span>! now,&nbsp;<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dancer</span>! now&nbsp;<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prancer</span>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vixen</span>!</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">On,&nbsp;<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Comet</span>! on,&nbsp;<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cupid</span>! on,&nbsp;<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Donner</span>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blitzen</span>!</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">So up to the housetop the coursers they flew</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too—</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">As I drew in my head, and was turning around,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">He had a broad face and a little round belly</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">A wink of his eye and a twist of his head</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And laying his finger aside of his nose,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;">But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight—</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”</span></div></div></div>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/12/twas-night-before-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-4647632292245562270Mon, 18 Dec 2017 05:00:00 +00002017-12-18T00:00:05.276-05:00memoirMemoir MondayShannon Leone FowlerSimon & SchusterTraveling with GhostsMemoir Monday... Traveling With Ghosts by Shannon Leone Fowler<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w_ga2OWFyx4/WaOfQiOYuuI/AAAAAAAAMic/q8DtWKOu5d8mOMUtffrQo-hybwq-Y2FMACLcBGAs/s1600/51Q1giI2o0L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="331" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w_ga2OWFyx4/WaOfQiOYuuI/AAAAAAAAMic/q8DtWKOu5d8mOMUtffrQo-hybwq-Y2FMACLcBGAs/s200/51Q1giI2o0L.jpg" width="131" /></a><i>From grief to reckoning to reflection to solace, a marine biologist shares the solo journey she took— through war-ravaged Eastern Europe, Israel, and beyond—to find peace after her fiancé suffered a fatal attack by a box jellyfish in Thailand.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>In the summer of 2002, Shannon Leone Fowler, a twenty-eight-year-old marine biologist, was backpacking with her fiancé and love of her life, Sean. Sean was a tall, blue-eyed, warmhearted Australian, and he and Shannon planned to return to Australia after their excursion to Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand. Their plans, however, were devastatingly derailed when a box jellyfish—the most venomous animal in the world—wrapped around Sean’s leg, stinging and killing him in a matter of minutes as Shannon helplessly watched. Rejecting the Thai authorities attempt to label Sean’s death a “drunk drowning,” Shannon ferried his body home to his stunned family—a family to which she suddenly no longer belonged.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Shattered and untethered, Shannon’s life paused indefinitely so that she could travel around the world to find healing. Travel had forged her relationship with Sean, and she hoped it could also aid in processing his death. Though Sean wasn’t with Shannon, he was everywhere she went—among the places she visited were Oświęcim, Poland (the site of Auschwitz); war-torn Israel; shelled-out Bosnia; poverty-stricken Romania; and finally to Barcelona, where she first met Sean years before. Ultimately, Shannon had to confront the ocean after her life’s first great love took her second great love away.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Cheryl Strayed’s Wild meets Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk in this beautiful, profoundly moving memorial to those we have lost on our journeys and the unexpected ways their presence echoes in all places—and voyages—big and small.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Published by Simon &amp; Schuster, February 2017.</i><br /><i><br /></i>For some reason the cover grabbed my attention. Maybe because it had the word "ghost" in the title and I love ghost stories. Then I read the inside jacket, which told me this was a "different" kind of ghost story and a kind of love story. The cover may have grabbed my attention, but Shannon Leone Fowler's writing hooked me. In my TBR pile... and it passed the "Joy" test. ( Not sure what the "Joy" test is? Look at <a href="https://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-sunday-salon-and-moving-madness-or.html">Sunday's Moving Madness post</a>!)http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/12/memoir-monday-traveling-with-ghosts-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-4414331601556603920Sun, 17 Dec 2017 19:18:00 +00002017-12-17T14:35:01.130-05:00book challengesMarie KondoThe life changing manga of tidying upThe Sunday PostThe Sunday SalonThe Sunday Salon and Moving Madness... or what to do with ALL THOSE BOOKS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOhkQrIrlSk/WB6KpU53SyI/AAAAAAAAMGo/iN6JmA0PSLQ33MKgwme_F0OSqJDIh9aWQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/TSSbadge1-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOhkQrIrlSk/WB6KpU53SyI/AAAAAAAAMGo/iN6JmA0PSLQ33MKgwme_F0OSqJDIh9aWQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/TSSbadge1-1.png" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Welcome to The Sunday Salon! And <a href="https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/2017/12/sunday-post-296-one-week-to-christmas-eep.html">The Sunday Post</a> (which is hosted by Kim at The Caffeinated Book Reviewer) It's been a while... So, why has it been a while? The simple answer that comes to mind is that I'm retiring from my day job... this is the simple answer. The not so simple answer is I'm retiring from my day job, moving 817 miles away and trying to pack all my worldly possessions! This simple act of retiring and moving has created utter havoc and chaos in what was a somewhat "normal" life.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Along with all the normal things I am packing, (dishes, glassware, cookware, clothing, pottery...), I have an amazing number of books. Paperbacks, hardcovers, galleys, comic books... I love books... I love REAL books... But what am I going to do? Too many books. Really, I understand I'm a bit obsessive about books.&nbsp;</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qVNi4zu4yy4/Wja_nZCSYtI/AAAAAAAAMpI/wGbBWTSpBboR3TidxIyuNdeE0QvEzYgPgCLcBGAs/s1600/DSCF3627%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qVNi4zu4yy4/Wja_nZCSYtI/AAAAAAAAMpI/wGbBWTSpBboR3TidxIyuNdeE0QvEzYgPgCLcBGAs/s200/DSCF3627%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a>I have always donated to the local library. One of my book club members moved and donated a bookcase where we work, so I donate books to our work library. I give books away to people I know will enjoy a particular book too... but it's hard sometimes to let go... What about those books on the TBR pile that you just know you'll read "one of those days"... How about now that I'm retiring, I can read ALL of those books someday?! Enough! I need to learn to let go and now! So, I bought a book. What?! You bought a book to help you get rid of books?! Sounds like I'm still feeding that obsession, doesn't it? But no, this book is different and actually helped me let go...</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-315nMwIDIDY/WjbAAlPLmVI/AAAAAAAAMpQ/egrAsePgczEVdOxkXQGgpPwao6lVx0lFwCLcBGAs/s1600/511yTV3jqaL._SX367_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="369" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-315nMwIDIDY/WjbAAlPLmVI/AAAAAAAAMpQ/egrAsePgczEVdOxkXQGgpPwao6lVx0lFwCLcBGAs/s200/511yTV3jqaL._SX367_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="147" /></a><b><i>The life-changing manga of tidying up, a magical story, by Marie Kondo</i></b>... Yes, a manga of that <br />popular book that taught everyone how to tidy up their lives. I actually bought the original cute little book and opened it up, but that was about it. I like Manga and when I went to see if there was any new Manga at my local bookstore, I saw Marie Kondo's Manga version of "Tidying Up" sitting on the shelf. And it was cute... and I bought it. <br /><br />So, now that I have THAT book, where do I begin... In 3 easy steps, here's the gist of what Marie Kondo tells you to do...<br /><br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b>1. Take all your books, ALL of them, and put them on the floor.</b>&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b>2. &nbsp;Standing in front of ALL your books, wake them up! Yes, clap your hands and wake those books up!</b>&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b>3. Pick up each book and hold it close... does it spark joy?! If it sparks joy, keep it!</b></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oIYrTMOC-Pc/Wja_firUtEI/AAAAAAAAMpE/krX5wY5efUk4ODOP2hxQrcklJuHOJckqACLcBGAs/s1600/DSCF3626%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oIYrTMOC-Pc/Wja_firUtEI/AAAAAAAAMpE/krX5wY5efUk4ODOP2hxQrcklJuHOJckqACLcBGAs/s200/DSCF3626%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I did just that... I pulled all my books from all the bookshelves and layed them on the sofa. I picked each one up and held it close. And I actually felt joy with some and nothing with others. Marie Kondo points out that you may have missed the timing on some books... those books that you bought at the time to read that you really aren't interested in reading any more. Those books are the ones it's time to let go of. So, I did. They all went into a donate pile and I felt better for it. Of course, I still have a lot of books, but I've helped weed down my pile quite a bit. I also felt good letting those books go. In a way they were a burden because I felt "obligated" to read them because I bought them, even though I may not be interested in reading them anymore. Don't we have TBR books that have been collecting dust waiting for us to read them?!<br /><br />I still need to get into our storage unit and go through books. It's going to warm up a bit next week so I might be able to tackle that. Otherwise, &nbsp;I may be moving more books than I need to.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>What do you think about Books sparking joy? Have you ever gone through your books to see if they still spark joy?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">In a nutshell, that's what I've been doing... How about you?! What new bookish things have you been doing and what new books have you found that <i>moved </i>you? (okay, bad joke, but seriously, I'd love to hear about the great books y'all have been reading!) I'm still reading, although not as voraciously as usual, and I'm planning to get back to more reading after "the move". I'm also still blogging and will be back to "normal" after "the move"...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Until then... Happy Reading... Suzanne</div></div>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-sunday-salon-and-moving-madness-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-7487678250515894158Mon, 18 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +00002017-09-18T00:00:25.927-04:00Antoni GaudiBarcelonaBasilicabiographyfamous architectureGijs Van HensergenmemoirMemoir MondayThe Sagrada FamiliaMemoir Monday... The Sagrada Familia by Gijs Van Hensergen<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ISsH8pbToQQ/WaOS3k9w3GI/AAAAAAAAMiA/pOQ1eEoRFJsT6iWJ8d8OteCNptaeL6NZgCLcBGAs/s1600/51NKPe8j%252BCL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ISsH8pbToQQ/WaOS3k9w3GI/AAAAAAAAMiA/pOQ1eEoRFJsT6iWJ8d8OteCNptaeL6NZgCLcBGAs/s200/51NKPe8j%252BCL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="132" /></b></a><b>The Sagrada Familia by Gijs Van Hensergen...</b> <i>An illuminating biography of one of the most famous--and most famously unfinished--buildings in the world, the Sagrada Familia of Barcelona.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>The scaffolding-cloaked spires of Antoni Gaudí's masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia, dominate the Barcelona skyline and draw in millions of visitors every year. More than a century after the first stone was laid in 1882, the Sagrada Familia remains unfinished, a testament to Gaudí's quixotic ambition, his religious devotion, and the sensuous eccentricity of his design. It has defied the critics, the penny-pinching accountants, the conservative town-planners, and the devotees of sterile modernism. It has enchanted and frustrated the citizens of Barcelona. And it has passed through the landmark changes of twentieth-century Spain, surviving two World Wars, the ravages of the Spanish Civil War, and the "Hunger Years" of Franco's rule.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Gijs van Hensbergen's The Sagrada Familia explores the evolution of this remarkable building, working through the decades right up to the present day before looking beyond to the final stretch of its construction. Rich in detail and vast in scope, this is a revelatory chronicle of an iconic structure, its place in history, and the wild genius that created it.</i><br /><i><br /></i>This crazy beautiful Basilica in Barcelona has <i>some</i> history and this biography should be quite interesting. I love the idea of a biography of a piece of architecture too! What do you think?http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/09/memoir-monday-sagrada-familia-by-gijs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-8823179667567425335Mon, 11 Sep 2017 04:30:00 +00002017-09-11T00:30:39.132-04:00Memoir Monday... The Day the World Came to Town 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim Defede<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kZ_RSup6DSE/WaOcQBZayAI/AAAAAAAAMiQ/0h3NRxaVYnM5rWzYQ_doXisaS_RMVrNwQCLcBGAs/s1600/51SePOB7ysL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kZ_RSup6DSE/WaOcQBZayAI/AAAAAAAAMiQ/0h3NRxaVYnM5rWzYQ_doXisaS_RMVrNwQCLcBGAs/s320/51SePOB7ysL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="212" /></a><i>When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The citizens of Gander met the stranded passengers with an overwhelming display of friendship and goodwill. As the passengers stepped from the airplanes, exhausted, hungry and distraught after being held on board for nearly 24 hours while security checked all of the baggage, they were greeted with a feast prepared by the townspeople. Local bus drivers who had been on strike came off the picket lines to transport the passengers to the various shelters set up in local schools and churches. Linens and toiletries were bought and donated. A middle school provided showers, as well as access to computers, email, and televisions, allowing the passengers to stay in touch with family and follow the news.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Over the course of those four days, many of the passengers developed friendships with Gander residents that they expect to last a lifetime. As a show of thanks, scholarship funds for the children of Gander have been formed and donations have been made to provide new computers for the schools. This book recounts the inspiring story of the residents of Gander, Canada, whose acts of kindness have touched the lives of thousands of people and been an example of humanity and goodwill.</i><br /><i><br /></i>The world will never forget what happened on 9/11. This book written in 2011 reminds us of the compassion and strength people are capable of. I had never heard of what happened in Gander, Newfoundland before reading about this book, but I look forward to this uplifting story.<br /><i><br /></i>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/09/memoir-monday-day-world-came-to-town.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-2482234582920841454Mon, 04 Sep 2017 04:30:00 +00002017-09-04T00:30:24.068-04:00Holiday postLabor DayLabor movementRosie the RiveterHappy Labor Day and Rosie the Riveter...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R32H-QcmPBg/WaTLOADRSPI/AAAAAAAAMjM/cfmqACsAzvk0m1-ZEZEtwiSKG8ipho1XwCLcBGAs/s1600/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAh_AAAAJDQ2NGFhNDllLWI1ZGUtNDU3Zi1iNjEwLTdhMTdmMWNhMzFkYw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="640" height="160" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R32H-QcmPBg/WaTLOADRSPI/AAAAAAAAMjM/cfmqACsAzvk0m1-ZEZEtwiSKG8ipho1XwCLcBGAs/s320/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAh_AAAAJDQ2NGFhNDllLWI1ZGUtNDU3Zi1iNjEwLTdhMTdmMWNhMzFkYw.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Labor Day is the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement and is meant to celebrate "<i>the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country</i>". One of the most enduring symbols of the American worker is Rosie the Riveter. Are you familiar with her? Her history may not be what you think. Here's her story straight from the <a href="https://www.dol.gov/general/laborday/history-rosie">Department of Labor</a>...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Rosie: By Any Other Name - The Riveting True Story of the Labor Icon</b></div>Iconic image of Rosie the Riveter, but with the words 'Don't Call me Rosie. Or Else!' above her head.Certainly, one of the more readily recognizable icons of labor is "Rosie the Riveter," the indefatigable World War II-era woman who rolled up her sleeves, flexed her arm muscles and said, "We Can Do It!" But, this isn't the original Rosie.<br /><br />In 1942, as World War II raged in Europe and the Pacific and the song "Rosie the Riveter" filled radio waves across the home front, manufacturing giant Westinghouse commissioned artist J. Howard Miller to make a series of posters to promote the war effort. One such poster featured the image of a woman with her hair wrapped up in a red polka-dot scarf, rolling up her sleeve and flexing her bicep. At the top of the poster, the words ‘We Can Do It!' are printed in a blue caption bubble. To many people, this image is "the" Rosie the Riveter. But it was never the intention to make this image "Rosie," nor did many Americans think of her as "Rosie." The connection of Miller's image and "Rosie" is a recent phenomenon.<br /><br />The "Rosie" image popular during the war was created by illustrator Norman Rockwell (who had most certainly heard the "Rosie the Riveter" song) for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on May 29, 1943 — the Memorial Day issue. The image depicts a muscular woman wearing overalls, goggles and pins of honor on her lapel. She sports a leather wrist band and rolled-up sleeves. She sits with a riveting tool in her lap, eating a sandwich, and "Rosie" is inscribed on her lunch pail. And, she's stepping on a copy of Adolph Hitler's book "Mein Kampf."<br /><br />The magazine cover exemplified the American can-do spirit and illustrated the notion of women working in previously male-dominated manufacturing jobs, an ever-growing reality, to help the United States fight the war while the men fought over seas.<br /><br />The cover was an enormous success and soon stories about real life "Rosies" began appearing in newspapers across the country. The government took advantage of the popularity of Rosie the Riveter and embarked on a recruiting campaign of the same name. The campaign brought millions of women out of the home and into the workforce. To this day, Rosie the Riveter is still considered the most successful government advertising campaign in history.<br /><br />After the war, numerous requests were made for the Saturday Evening Post image of Rosie the Riveter, but Curtis Publishing, the owner of the Post, refused all requests. The publishing company was possibly concerned that the composers of the song "Rosie the Riveter" would hold them liable for copyright infringement.<br /><br />Since then, the J. Howard Miller "We Can Do It!" image has replaced Norman Rockwell's illustration as "Rosie the Riveter" in the minds of many people. Miller's Rosie has been imprinted on coffee mugs, mouse pads, and countless other items, making her and not the original "Rosie" the most famous of all labor icons.http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/09/happy-labor-day-and-rosie-riveter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-1860244360528891809Sun, 03 Sep 2017 16:57:00 +00002017-09-03T13:01:03.711-04:00Andy WeirArtemisChick with Books BlogCrown PublishingRivers SolomonScience FictionScifi recommendationsThe Rise and Fall of DODOThe Sunday PostThe Sunday SalonWilliam MorrowThe Sunday Salon is Outta This World... 3 Scifi Novels to Take You Away... from Earth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9_5KRaDbCKQ/V8MXC5C5YyI/AAAAAAAAL0o/bokHnlQkH9g6Nsh_lZK7u8v_1wYKHwQUQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/TSSbadge1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9_5KRaDbCKQ/V8MXC5C5YyI/AAAAAAAAL0o/bokHnlQkH9g6Nsh_lZK7u8v_1wYKHwQUQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/TSSbadge1.png" /></a></div><a href="http://emcguire.blogspot.com/2012/09/endings-new-beginnings.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="518" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7Z2-d6IXtSM/Waw04jhLvyI/AAAAAAAAMkY/ZBVgsnFOr1MCSqYj0V3G2YqL1GfPKXIJACLcBGAs/s200/4959cfe5a1831e1da120c60da55340f3.jpg" width="129" /></a>Welcome to The Sunday Salon! AND&nbsp;<a href="http://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/2017/08/sunday-post-280-new-roof-new-air-new-books.html">The Sunday Post</a>&nbsp;(which is hosted by Kim at The Caffeinated Book Reviewer)! It is a gloomy, rainy day here in Connecticut. I can't complain because the amount of rain we're getting is NOTHING in comparison to the devastation that Hurricane Harvey left in Texas. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families affected... If you'd like to donate in any way, there are plenty of organizations, just remember to do your homework and make sure that most of your donation is going directly to the people you want to help. <b><a href="https://www.charitynavigator.org/">Charity Navigator </a></b>is one site that is suppose to investigate charities and rate them accordingly, AND also shows you the percentage of your donation actually going towards help. Don't forget the animals in all this too! Animal rescue sites in the area are out in full force rescueing pets left behind.<br /><br />In the book world, I rarely read scifi. It's not that I avoid it, it's just that it's not my genre of choice. BUT, every once in a while I'll come across something that really interests me and I'll become completely absorbed. What exactly is Science Fiction? In an article entitled, <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-americas-leading-science-fiction-authors-are-shaping-your-future-180951169/">How America’s Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future </a></i>in Smithsonian magazine<i style="font-weight: bold;">,</i> Eileen Gunn says, "<i>the task of science fiction is not to predict the future. Rather, it contemplates possible futures." </i>Sometimes referred to as <i>speculative fiction</i>, science fiction gives us stories of possibilities. Worlds very different than ours and possible technology that seems bizzare to us. Maybe it's this "bizzarness" that turns people away from science fiction, but there are many people who love it and so you will never want for this genre.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>If you want to try some science fiction...&nbsp;</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Here are 3 books that I think will be Outta This World...</i></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M37fAMAlP8Y/WaL94WHP-jI/AAAAAAAAMhg/1mLeL83JgEIl4yNEoYIq2y_u4MS-PCfEQCLcBGAs/s1600/41SRMAXU4qL._SX327_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="329" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M37fAMAlP8Y/WaL94WHP-jI/AAAAAAAAMhg/1mLeL83JgEIl4yNEoYIq2y_u4MS-PCfEQCLcBGAs/s200/41SRMAXU4qL._SX327_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><b>Artemis by Andy Weir... </b><i>An irresistible new near-future thriller--a heist story set on the moon. Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling off the impossible is just the start of her problems, as she learns that she's stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself—and that now, her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first.</i><br /><br />I loved Martian by Andy Weir, because I loved Andy Weir's writing. I can't wait to sink my teeth into some more of his writing! This story sounds so interesting! And there is so much "thinking" going into even the title. (Artemis is the Greek Goddess of the Moon) There is a great post about the book, as well as a YouTube video of Andy Weir talking about his new book at <a href="http://nerdist.com/andy-weir-artemis-book-details-cover-the-martian-movie-exclusive/">Nerdist.com.</a> Artemis will arrive on bookstore shelves <b>November 14th </b>thanks to <i><a href="http://crownpublishing.com/archives/feature/artemis-near-future-thriller-andy-weir-author-blockbuster-bestseller-martian-scheduled-november-14-2017-release-crown#.WawpMK2ZPGY">Crown Publishing</a></i>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cs7U1MbFdfM/WawYHV9P6QI/AAAAAAAAMj8/3nsjQim_ulADYeqYp7iw1FNQiPEladItgCLcBGAs/s1600/34381254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cs7U1MbFdfM/WawYHV9P6QI/AAAAAAAAMj8/3nsjQim_ulADYeqYp7iw1FNQiPEladItgCLcBGAs/s200/34381254.jpg" width="133" /></a><b>An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon...</b><i> Odd-mannered, obsessive, withdrawn, Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, as they accuse, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remained of her world, save for stories told around the cookfire.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Aster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, the Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster, who they consider to be less than human.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>When the autopsy of Matilda's sovereign reveals a surprising link between his death and her mother's suicide some quarter-century before, Aster retraces her mother's footsteps. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer and sowing the seeds of civil war, Aster learns there may be a way off the ship if she's willing to fight for it.&nbsp;</i><br /><i><br /></i>Another book that seems to break what some may consider the "standard" scifi story, with what seems to be a kickass female protagonist (something I personally love in a story). A little mystery, some drama, and a girl that can think on her feet... From <i><a href="http://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/an-unkindness-of-ghosts/">Akashic Books</a></i>, publishing date of <b>Oct. 3rd</b>!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fZ6bhoyYgY/WaL__TUaHDI/AAAAAAAAMhs/ye2_SA2Ro0Ix-yyAhTYcfaIGRTbQ8cSNgCLcBGAs/s1600/32075825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fZ6bhoyYgY/WaL__TUaHDI/AAAAAAAAMhs/ye2_SA2Ro0Ix-yyAhTYcfaIGRTbQ8cSNgCLcBGAs/s200/32075825.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><b>The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland...&nbsp;</b><i>When Melisande Stokes, an expert in linguistics and languages, accidently meets military intelligence operator Tristan Lyons in a hallway at Harvard University, it is the beginning of a chain of events that will alter their lives and human history itself. The young man from a shadowy government entity approaches Mel, a low-level faculty member, with an incredible offer. The only condition: she must sign a nondisclosure agreement in return for the rather large sum of money. Tristan needs Mel to translate some very old documents, which, if authentic, are earth-shattering. They prove that magic actually existed and was practiced for centuries. But the arrival of the scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenment weakened its power and endangered its practitioners. Magic stopped working altogether in 1851, at the time of the Great Exhibition at London’s Crystal Palace—the world’s fair celebrating the rise of industrial technology and commerce. Something about the modern world "jams" the "frequencies" used by magic, and it’s up to Tristan to find out why. And so the Department of Diachronic Operations—D.O.D.O. —gets cracking on its real mission: to develop a device that can bring magic back, and send Diachronic Operatives back in time to keep it alive . . . and meddle with a little history at the same time. But while Tristan and his expanding operation master the science and build the technology, they overlook the mercurial—and treacherous—nature of the human heart.</i><br /><br />As soon as I opened the book and read the first page, I was hooked. I love time travel stories and this is exactly that! And it seems that Melisand Stokes is a bit snarky, which I like. This is a long one though, coming in at over 750 pages. I've got my bookmark in this one now. Published by <b><a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/search-results/?imprint=william-morrow">William Morrow </a></b>this past June, so it's available at your local bookstore!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Question: Do You Read Science Fiction? If not, why not?</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PxY1qqt6Ht0/WZmQeR-bNvI/AAAAAAAAMc8/PHX6YJLmor4mVQ5ukYSGCqH9fjMT4_pagCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/99e4639623ebc38ecc449ab600fc37e7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="341" height="196" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PxY1qqt6Ht0/WZmQeR-bNvI/AAAAAAAAMc8/PHX6YJLmor4mVQ5ukYSGCqH9fjMT4_pagCPcBGAYYCw/s200/99e4639623ebc38ecc449ab600fc37e7.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Weekly Recap...</i></span><br /><a href="http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/08/memoir-monday-witness-tree-by-lynda-v.html">Monday's post </a>was <i>Memoir Monday </i>highlighting <b>Witness Tree by Lynda V. Mapes</b><br /><a href="http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/09/first-lines-friday.html">Friday's post </a>was <i>First Lines Friday</i> highlighting one of today's recommended books! Go take a peek!<br /><br />Look for my review of <b>The Lying Game by Ruth Ware</b> in the next week or so. Great book! One of those satisfying reads. I'm almost done with<b> Love and Trouble by Claire Dederer</b>, which is such a good book. It's a memoir and just brings back so many memories of growing up in the 60's and 70's. I also have a bookmark in <b>The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up by Marie Kondō.</b>&nbsp;I actually have the "normal" version of this book, but found this in the Manga section of the bookstore and had to get it. I like Manga anyway (even though I am a picky manga reader), but I just loved that the "lessons" of the book were "illustrated". And it's kinda funny that this was still in what I consider the "kids" section (even though Manga is not just for kids, I am usually the only adult looking through the stacks).<br /><br />That about does it for today. Hope you found something interesting here! Remember to stop by during the week to catch <b><i><a href="http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/search?q=memoir+monday&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">Memoir Monday</a></i></b>, which highlights Memoirs and nonfiction, and <b><a href="http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/search?q=First+Lines+Friday&amp;max-results=20&amp;by-date=true">First Lines Friday</a></b>, which opens to the first lines of a book and see's if the author can hook you right from the start.<br /><br />Happy reading... Suzanne<br />http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-sunday-salon-is-outta-this-world-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-3702901217941407086Fri, 01 Sep 2017 04:30:00 +00002017-09-01T00:30:17.756-04:00First LinesFirst Lines FridayNeal StephensonNicole GallandThe Rise and Fall of DODOFirst Lines Friday... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v6Fg7mIyhLg/V7J5Oma13YI/AAAAAAAALwU/3V20TBPZ6EoH16nIqENji77IpXjm8-UiwCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/FirstLines1e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v6Fg7mIyhLg/V7J5Oma13YI/AAAAAAAALwU/3V20TBPZ6EoH16nIqENji77IpXjm8-UiwCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/FirstLines1e.jpg" /></a></div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ajgjZ5k7Efg/WaTDanqw18I/AAAAAAAAMi8/IAlkxJ1yIesIYwfGWwDo2iQsRVPZWwV6ACLcBGAs/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="183" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ajgjZ5k7Efg/WaTDanqw18I/AAAAAAAAMi8/IAlkxJ1yIesIYwfGWwDo2iQsRVPZWwV6ACLcBGAs/s200/Unknown.jpeg" width="132" /></a></blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ajgjZ5k7Efg/WaTDanqw18I/AAAAAAAAMi8/IAlkxJ1yIesIYwfGWwDo2iQsRVPZWwV6ACLcBGAs/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</a></blockquote><i>MY NAME IS MELISANDE STOKES and this is my story. I am writing in July 1851 (Common Era, or- let's face it-Anno Domini) in the guest chamber of a middle-class home in Kensington, London, England. But I am not a native of this place or time. In fact, I am quite <strike>f*cking</strike> desperate to get out of here.</i><br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">...The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></b><br />I happen to pick this book up and read the inside jacket to see what it was all about. I had seen this title pop up in quite a few blurbs and I was curious. I was on the fence about it, until I read the first few lines above... and then I just HAD to read it! Melisande Stokes was my kind of girl!http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/09/first-lines-friday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-4921700551804760192Mon, 28 Aug 2017 04:30:00 +00002017-08-28T00:30:12.388-04:00Lynda V. MapesmemoirMemoir MondayNature BooksWitness TreeMemoir Monday... Witness Tree by Lynda V. Mapes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-BUiSf7mrw/WZpp3ZAE3mI/AAAAAAAAMeQ/0Eeho0vJLiE5w88Z3FR9y-qjfglISjAGQCLcBGAs/s1600/61lLqKXJVKL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-BUiSf7mrw/WZpp3ZAE3mI/AAAAAAAAMeQ/0Eeho0vJLiE5w88Z3FR9y-qjfglISjAGQCLcBGAs/s320/61lLqKXJVKL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>Why is it that when fall approaches, the air seems a bit cleaner, the sky seems brighter and my thoughts turn to nature? It is in this vein that I offer <b>Witness Tree by Lynda V. Mapes </b>for today's <i>Memoir Monday</i>. I read a review in <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> that made me want to open this book up and indulge myself in a bit of nature. Maybe this book will strike a chord with you too... Here's the review...<br /><br /><i>A textured story of a rapidly changing natural world and our relationship to it, told through the lens of one tree over four seasons. Seattle Times environmental reporter Mapes (Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village, 2015, etc.) first encountered the Harvard Forest as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow, returning soon afterward for a yearlong stay in the woods. Renting a room in a historic farmhouse, she sought out a majestic century-old oak to serve as her lens from which to explore the past, situate the present, and grapple with an uncertain future. Aided by a colorful team of interdisciplinary experts, Mapes tells a dynamic story from multiple perspectives, including from a hammock in the canopy of the tree. Understanding trees simultaneously as utility and commodity, as ritual and relic, as beings with agency and sustainers of life, the author illustrates how they have found their ways into our homes and memories, our economies and language, and she reveals their places in our entangled future. Seamlessly blending elements of physics, ecology, biology, phenology, sociology, and philosophy, Mapes skillfully employs her oak as a human-scaled entry point for probing larger questions. Readers bear witness to indigenous histories and colonialism, to deforestation and extraction, to industrialization and urbanization, and to the story of carbon and the indisputable realities of human-caused climate change. Understanding these phenomena to be intricately interconnected, the author probes lines falsely drawn between objectivity and emotion and between science and wonder, all while examining the nature of knowledge and the possibilities, tensions, and limitations of science. Passionately discrediting the notion that humans and nature are separate, she links this flawed belief to the root of our current ecological crisis and calls for a reimagining of the ways of being together in the world.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>A meticulously, beautifully layered portrayal of vulnerability and loss, renewal and hope, this extensively researched yet deeply personal book is a timely call to bear witness and to act in an age of climate-change denial.</i><br /><i><br /></i><div style="text-align: center;">What do you think? Does this review make you want to climb a tree? Or maybe just read this book?</div>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/08/memoir-monday-witness-tree-by-lynda-v.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-1653218474660660360Sun, 27 Aug 2017 16:25:00 +00002017-08-27T12:26:12.788-04:00Book recommendationsChick with BooksCustom House publishingHarper CollinsMurder MysteriesSimon and SchusterThe Sunday PostThe Sunday SalonW.W. Norton and Co.WhodunnitsThe Sunday Salon and Dial M for Murder... or 3 "Whodunnit's" of a Different Kind Worth Burning a Candle on Both Ends...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VFJJG1fakuw/WaH1EZF2Q6I/AAAAAAAAMgA/fEI9cX0dpAcrNp2VAgGl6nNi16Bn4xm3wCLcBGAs/s1600/bed278fa7bb9d489f9ccd626f227c83c--girl-reading-reading-books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VFJJG1fakuw/WaH1EZF2Q6I/AAAAAAAAMgA/fEI9cX0dpAcrNp2VAgGl6nNi16Bn4xm3wCLcBGAs/s200/bed278fa7bb9d489f9ccd626f227c83c--girl-reading-reading-books.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9_5KRaDbCKQ/V8MXC5C5YyI/AAAAAAAAL0o/bokHnlQkH9g6Nsh_lZK7u8v_1wYKHwQUQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/TSSbadge1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9_5KRaDbCKQ/V8MXC5C5YyI/AAAAAAAAL0o/bokHnlQkH9g6Nsh_lZK7u8v_1wYKHwQUQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/TSSbadge1.png" /></a></div><br />Welcome to <a href="http://dhamel.typepad.com/sundaysalon/">The Sunday Salon</a>! AND <a href="http://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/2017/08/sunday-post-280-new-roof-new-air-new-books.html">The Sunday Post</a>&nbsp;(which is hosted by Kim at The Caffeinated Book Reviewer)! I've got so many great books in my TBR pile and on my library reserve list that I can't read them fast enough! I just finished <b><i>The Lying Game by Ruth Ware</i></b> and really enjoyed it! Look for my review this week, but just to let you know I would definitely give it 4 stars, almost 4 1/2. The last 50 pages or so I was holding my breath and feverishly turning the pages! After reading <i>The Lying Game</i>, which is a suspense thriller with a murder mystery at its' heart, &nbsp;I was looking for more "murder mysteries" and found these three books. The first is a classic "Agatha Christie" type story, but the other two have elements of a whodunnit, but seem to have the whodunnit second to the story (and characters) surrounding the murders... <span style="font-size: large;"><i>Up for a good whodunnit with a twist? Read on...</i></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UljTSIUSb8s/WaHs3m5o6tI/AAAAAAAAMfk/kD-f-UhKZuAD3f-gdo8JuXYc502sMGRewCLcBGAs/s1600/32075854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UljTSIUSb8s/WaHs3m5o6tI/AAAAAAAAMfk/kD-f-UhKZuAD3f-gdo8JuXYc502sMGRewCLcBGAs/s200/32075854.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2wAE8nn">Magpie Murders </a>by Anthony Horowitz...&nbsp;</b>Here's the Kirkus Review,&nbsp;<i>A preternaturally brainy novel within a novel that’s both a pastiche and a deconstruction of golden-age whodunits.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Magpie Murders, bestselling author Alan Conway’s ninth novel about Greek/German detective Atticus Pünd, kicks off with the funeral of Mary Elizabeth Blakiston, devoted housekeeper to Sir Magnus Pye, who’s been found at the bottom of a steep staircase she’d been vacuuming in Pye Hall, whose every external door was locked from the inside. Her demise has all the signs of an accident until Sir Magnus himself follows her in death, beheaded with a sword customarily displayed with a full suit of armor in Pye Hall. Conway's editor, Susan Ryeland, does her methodical best to figure out which of many guilty secrets Conway has provided the suspects in Saxby-on-Avon—Rev. Robin Osborne and his wife, Henrietta; Mary’s son, Robert, and his fiancee, Joy Sanderling; Joy’s boss, surgeon Emilia Redwing, and her elderly father; antiques dealers Johnny and Gemma Whitehead; Magnus’ twin sister, Clarissa; and Lady Frances Pye and her inevitable lover, investor Jack Dartford—is most likely to conceal a killer, but she’s still undecided when she comes to the end of the manuscript and realizes the last chapter is missing. Since Conway in inconveniently unavailable, Susan, in the second half of the book, attempts to solve the case herself, questioning Conway’s own associates—his sister, Claire; his ex-wife, Melissa; his ex-lover, James Taylor; his neighbor, hedge fund manager John White—and slowly comes to the realization that Conway has cast virtually all of them as fictional avatars in Magpie Murders and that the novel, and indeed Conway’s entire fictional oeuvre, is filled with a mind-boggling variety of games whose solutions cast new light on murders fictional and nonfictional.</i><br /><i></i><i><br /></i><i>Fans who still mourn the passing of Agatha Christie, the model who’s evoked here in dozens of telltale details, will welcome this wildly inventive homage/update/commentary as the most fiendishly clever puzzle—make that two puzzles—of the year.&nbsp;</i><i>Stuffed with smarts and storytelling sorcery, this is a work of astonishing breadth and brilliance.</i><br /><i><br /></i>I use to love reading Agatha Christie when I was young! This sounds like it has all the elements of an Agatha Christie yarn and it is in my TBR pile now. Published by <b><a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/">Harper Collins </a></b>and available now!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>***********</i></div><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWLias8VQrY/WaHuVd-HvvI/AAAAAAAAMfw/yrTpBcM4tFc7SEx6ehUwX81bV86Ha2C7ACLcBGAs/s1600/51uJOh7t7xL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWLias8VQrY/WaHuVd-HvvI/AAAAAAAAMfw/yrTpBcM4tFc7SEx6ehUwX81bV86Ha2C7ACLcBGAs/s200/51uJOh7t7xL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="132" /></a><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2w9pkLo">Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore</a> by Matthew Sullivan...</b><i> </i>Here's the Kirkus Review<i>, A woman must revisit a 20-year-old tragedy after a young man commits suicide in the bookstore where she works.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Lydia Smith loves her job at the Bright Ideas bookstore in Denver, puttering among the shelves and hovering over her gentle BookFrogs, the wanderers and dreamers who spend their days among the stacks. When one of her BookFrogs, Joey Molina, hangs himself in the store, she’s devastated and then shocked when she learns he’s bequeathed his meager possessions to her. When she discovers that he’s left messages to her in the pages of his books, she’s puzzled and begins trying to piece together his last days with the help of his friend Lyle. The reappearance of her childhood friend Raj Patel soon puts Joey on the back burner, however, as questions about her estranged father come to light. It all points back to the Hammerman, who, while Lydia was on a sleepover as a child, brutally killed her friend and her friend’s family with a hammer, leaving Lydia alive, hiding under the sink. The Hammerman was never caught, and Lydia seeks answers from the now-retired detective who handled the case, but she may not want to hear what he has to say. Turns out he always suspected her father was the killer but was stopped from pursuing that path, even in the face of some compelling evidence, and he’s never let go of his suspicion. After all, why did the killer let Lydia live after killing a 10-year-old girl and her parents, and could Joey somehow be connected? Debut author Sullivan presents a nicely paced tale about a horrifying incident with a woman at its core who must put aside her ordered life to find out what really happened all those years ago, where the truth, in the end, may be stranger than fiction.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i></i><br /><i>An intriguingly dark, twisty story and eccentric characters make this book a standout.</i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>**********</i></div>Lots of buzz about this book. And how can you not like a story involving a bookstore?! But this looks to be more than a whodunnit, where the story of Lydia is in the forefront and the "murders" in question help create a worthwhile character. Published by <b><a href="http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Midnight-at-the-Bright-Ideas-Bookstore/Matthew-Sullivan/9781501116841">Simon &amp; Schuster</a></b> and available now!<br /><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vzbmkIuEqhQ/WaHsOaWj61I/AAAAAAAAMfc/oqswjEDEHr8Bu1HM-5pumtjH70OPBb7ugCLcBGAs/s1600/61L8cjOyfQL._SX328_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="330" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vzbmkIuEqhQ/WaHsOaWj61I/AAAAAAAAMfc/oqswjEDEHr8Bu1HM-5pumtjH70OPBb7ugCLcBGAs/s200/61L8cjOyfQL._SX328_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="131" /></a><b><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2wK10ku">Essex Serpent</a> </span>by Sarah Perry...</b>&nbsp;Here's the Kirkus Review,&nbsp;<i>The unlikely friendship between a canny widow and a scholarly vicar sets the stage for this sweeping 19th-century saga of competing belief systems.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Widow Cora Seaborne knows she should mourn the death of her husband; instead, she finally feels free. Eschewing the advice of her friends, Cora retreats from London with her lady’s maid, Martha, and strange, prescient son, Francis. The curious party decamps to muddy Essex, where Cora dons an ugly men’s coat and goes tramping in the mud, looking for fossils. Soon she becomes captivated by the local rumor of a menacing presence that haunts the Blackwater estuary, a threat that locks children in their houses after dark and puts farmers on watch as the tide creeps in. Cora’s fascination with the fabled Essex Serpent leads her to the Rev. William Ransome, desperate to keep his flock from descending into outright hysteria. An unlikely pair, the two develop a fast intellectual friendship, curious to many but accepted by all, including Ransome’s ailing wife, Stella. Perry (After Me Comes the Flood, 2015) pulls out all the stops in her richly detailed Victorian yarn, weaving myth and local flavor with 19th-century debates about theology and evolution, medical science and social justice for the poor. Each of Perry’s characters receives his or her due, from the smallest Essex urchin to the devastating Stella, who suffers from tuberculosis and obsesses over the color blue throughout her decline. There are Katherine and Charles Ambrose, a good-natured but shallow society couple; the ambitious and radical Dr. Luke Garrett and his wealthier but less-talented friend George Spencer, who longs for Martha; Martha herself, who rattles off Marx with the best of them and longs to win Cora’s affection; not to mention a host of sailors, superstitious tenant farmers, and bewitched schoolgirls. The sumptuous twists and turns of Perry’s prose invite close reading, as deep and strange and full of narrative magic as the Blackwater itself. Fans of Sarah Waters, A.S. Byatt, and Elizabeth Gilbert’s The Signature of All Things should prepare to fall under Perry’s spell and into her very capable hands.</i><br /><i><br /></i> This book has gotten glowing reviews, and a "starred" review from Kirkus Review, but a few reviewers say that it's more a character driven victorian yarn that a murder mystery. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/06/10/530794385/the-essex-serpent-spreads-its-wings">Annalisa Quinn of NPR</a>&nbsp;in her review of the book called the writing "so painfully lovely", that I just have to read it even if it's not such a "whodunnit" after all. She characterizes it as &nbsp;a "historical novel". Published by <b><a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/customhouse/">Custom House,</a></b> a division of <i>Harper Collins</i>, and available now.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">**********</div><i><span style="font-size: large;">And I Just Have to Mention...</span></i><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hypxYmIC_Nc/WaLeGHyUYTI/AAAAAAAAMgc/skZHGJYMVfwZO-U7C4PzzR__WHnhnJh2QCLcBGAs/s1600/61jbRrZbREL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="331" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hypxYmIC_Nc/WaLeGHyUYTI/AAAAAAAAMgc/skZHGJYMVfwZO-U7C4PzzR__WHnhnJh2QCLcBGAs/s200/61jbRrZbREL.jpg" width="131" /></a><b>The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss...&nbsp;</b><i>Based on some of literature’s horror and science fiction classics, this is the story of a remarkable group of women who come together to solve the mystery of a series of gruesome murders—and the bigger mystery of their own origins.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents’ death, is curious about the secrets of her father’s mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father’s former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capture…a reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>But her hunt leads her to Hyde’s daughter, Diana, a feral child left to be raised by nuns. With the assistance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Mary continues her search for the elusive Hyde, and soon befriends more women, all of whom have been created through terrifying experimentation: Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherin Moreau, and Justine Frankenstein.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i></i><br /><i>When their investigations lead them to the discovery of a secret society of immoral and power-crazed scientists, the horrors of their past return. Now it is up to the monsters to finally triumph over the monstrous.</i><br /><i><br /></i>I want to love this book because I love the idea of characters from other books making a story together. BUT, I have read mixed reviews. Some love it, one in particular not so much, in which the &nbsp;reviewer thought that the author did not develop the characters enough. But that's the strange thing about reviews- we like to read what other people think of a book when considering to read it, but it <i>is</i> just the opinion of a particular person. So for my money, I'm giving it a chance and have it on my TBR list. I think if nothing else it will be a fun romp!<br /><div style="text-align: center;">***************</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;"><i>Are Book Reviews Important to You When Choosing a Book?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>***************</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">⭐The one book you don't want to miss this week...</span></i></div><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DLi36ADQCnc/WaLnRAb8wUI/AAAAAAAAMgs/CZPFvFM83aYVHaO1rurAeo-t55wxm3b6ACLcBGAs/s1600/41s-XwAwzzL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DLi36ADQCnc/WaLnRAb8wUI/AAAAAAAAMgs/CZPFvFM83aYVHaO1rurAeo-t55wxm3b6ACLcBGAs/s200/41s-XwAwzzL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="132" /></a><b>The Burning Girl by Claire Messud...</b> <i>Trying to console her heartbroken daughter, Julia Robinson’s mother muses, “Everyone loses a best friend at some point.” Julia is the narrator of Messud’s beautiful novel about two young girls, inseparable since nursery school in a small Massachusetts town, who feel they’re “joined by an invisible thread,” but who drift apart as they come of age. For years, Julia and Cassie Burnes have shared adventures and dreams, but as they cross the pivotal threshold into seventh grade, Julia feels betrayed when Cassie is drawn to boys, alcohol, and drugs. To the reader, the split seems inevitable. Julia is the product of a stable household, but Cassie’s blowsy, unreliable mother transfers her affection to a brutally controlling lover who destroys Cassie’s sense of security. Desperately unhappy, Cassie sets out to find the father she has never known and begins a spiral of self-destruction that Julia, now no longer Cassie’s intimate friend, must hear about from the boy they both love. Messud shines a tender gaze on her protagonists and sustains an elegiac tone as she conveys the volatile emotions of adolescent behavior and the dawning of female vulnerability (“being a girl is about learning to be afraid”). Julia voices the novel’s leitmotif: that everyone’s life is essentially a mysterious story, distorted by myths. Although it reverberates with astute insights, in some ways this simple tale is less ambitious but more heartfelt than Messud’s previous work. The Emperor’s Children was a many-charactered, satiric study of Ivy League–educated, entitled young people making it in New York. The Woman Upstairs was a clever, audacious portrayal of an untrustworthy protagonist. Informed by the same sophisticated intelligence and elegant prose, but gaining new poignant depths, this novel is haunting and emotionally gripping.</i><br /><i><br /></i>Lot's of buzz about this book! I love these friendship stories. Published by <b><i><a href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/index.aspx">Norton </a></i></b>and arriving <b>Tuesday, Aug. 29th</b> at your favorite book seller. On my wish list!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JlnolwJfrG0/WaLvoXuE7YI/AAAAAAAAMg8/TNAXyZojIPoVGxShcbnBuuvxyF3s3R2FQCLcBGAs/s1600/31666_MxBHv_ThisWeek2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="600" height="87" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JlnolwJfrG0/WaLvoXuE7YI/AAAAAAAAMg8/TNAXyZojIPoVGxShcbnBuuvxyF3s3R2FQCLcBGAs/s320/31666_MxBHv_ThisWeek2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><i>What am I reading this week? </i></b>I'm finishing up a memoir by&nbsp;<b><a href="http://amzn.to/2gfy8tE">Claire Dederer titled Love and Trouble</a>.</b> If you are a girl of "a certain age", growing up in the 70's or 80's, you too might enjoy this! It's about Claire's midlife crisis and reflecting upon "that girl" she'd hidden away 30 years before. Some of these reflections are just too true and too funny. After I put down Claire's book, I'll be picking up my library copy of <a href="http://amzn.to/2wfGk0J"><b>The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by&nbsp;Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland</b>,</a> a kind of time traveling scifi romp with a great female protagonist.<br /><br />That's about it for books this week. Hope you were able to find something interesting here!<br /><br />Happy reading... Suzanne<br /><br />http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-sunday-salon-and-dial-m-for-murder.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-2927872416723261870Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:12:00 +00002017-08-25T07:03:07.321-04:00First LinesFirst Lines FridaymysteryRuth WaresuspenseThe Lying GameThrillerFirst Lines Friday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cjN0maoVevc/WZus8Lg54TI/AAAAAAAAMe4/Utd6JuU-3GEgBgT_ZHLgDbgr7GNwD9a8gCLcBGAs/s1600/FirstLines1e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="212" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cjN0maoVevc/WZus8Lg54TI/AAAAAAAAMe4/Utd6JuU-3GEgBgT_ZHLgDbgr7GNwD9a8gCLcBGAs/s320/FirstLines1e.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i><br /></i><i>"The Reach is wide and quiet this morning, the pale blue sky streaked with pink mackerel-belly clouds, the shallow sea barely rippling in the slight breeze, and so the sound of the dog barking breaks into the calm like gunshots, setting flocks of gulls crying and wheeling in the air..."</i><br /><i>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</i><b> ...The Lying Game by Ruth Ware</b><br /><b><br /></b><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1ocDCE9U6As/WZuviVa_j8I/AAAAAAAAMfE/mOZwaYH5n4ARjcagMoqp9tb-s6mrSaA-gCLcBGAs/s1600/61lQBvLKsjL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1ocDCE9U6As/WZuviVa_j8I/AAAAAAAAMfE/mOZwaYH5n4ARjcagMoqp9tb-s6mrSaA-gCLcBGAs/s200/61lQBvLKsjL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="132" /></a>Don't you just love the words rolling off your tongue as you say <i>the pale blue sky streaked with pink mackerel-belly clouds</i>? I do. And I love Ruth Ware's writing because I feel like I am sitting in a big comfy chair admiring all that's going on.<br /><br />Hmmm... I wonder why that dog is barking... You are going to want to read this book and find out!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Does the first lines tempt you into reading more?</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/08/first-lines-friday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-7079896246876844141Mon, 21 Aug 2017 05:43:00 +00002017-08-21T01:43:05.854-04:00Cory TaylorDying A Memoir by Cory TaylorMemoir MondayMemoirsMemoir Monday... Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tJGb8BnV5Dg/WZpvug4jrbI/AAAAAAAAMeo/2gdYFK3r340ZI9WAxfJU9wy6CXaz1tjFQCLcBGAs/s1600/9781941040706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="180" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tJGb8BnV5Dg/WZpvug4jrbI/AAAAAAAAMeo/2gdYFK3r340ZI9WAxfJU9wy6CXaz1tjFQCLcBGAs/s1600/9781941040706.jpg" /></a></div>I don't remember how I came across this memoir, but I remember that I felt it was important. In what seems to be a rash of memoirs devoted to the art of dying, this one seemed different. Maybe it's because the author, Cory Taylor, is a writer. Maybe it was the <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/conversations/dying-for-beginners-cory-taylor-on-facing-death-with-honesty/7549798">interview</a>&nbsp;of Cory&nbsp;I read that just made me to learn more about this interesting, brave, funny woman. Here's the <i>Kirkus Review</i> of <b>Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor</b>. Tell me what you think...<br /><br /><i>At the age of sixty, Cory Taylor is dying of melanoma-related brain cancer. Her illness is no longer treatable: she now weighs less than her neighbor’s retriever. As her body weakens, she describes the experience―the vulnerability and strength, the courage and humility, the anger and acceptance―of knowing she will soon die.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Written in the space of a few weeks, in a tremendous creative surge, this powerful and beautiful memoir is a clear-eyed account of what dying teaches: Taylor describes the tangle of her feelings, remembers the lives and deaths of her parents, and examines why she would like to be able to choose the circumstances of her death.</i><br /><i><br /></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Taylor’s last words offer a vocabulary for readers to speak about the most difficult thing any of us will face. And while Dying: A Memoir is a deeply affecting meditation on death, it is also a funny and wise tribute to life.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>********</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Does the review make you want to read it?</span></div><br />Here's the link to the Cory Taylor interview with Richard Fidler,<i> <b><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/conversations/dying-for-beginners-cory-taylor-on-facing-death-with-honesty/7549798">Dying for beginners: Cory Taylor on facing death with honesty</a></b></i>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/08/memoir-monday-dying-memoir-by-cory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-4131653951168127720Sun, 20 Aug 2017 22:08:00 +00002017-08-20T18:08:45.887-04:00"Chick with Books"Book recommendationsDanya KikafkaDracula in Love by Karen EssexGirl in SnowRuth WareSarah SchmidtSee What I have DoneThe Lying GameThe Sunday SalonThe Sunday Salon and 3 Thrilling Books to Read While You Wait for the Next Solar Eclipse...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1c3vCuyMRek/WZmS518KLJI/AAAAAAAAMc0/boifb34ymLMv7hsvHh03h9jtyWs3nHcHACLcBGAs/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="112" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1c3vCuyMRek/WZmS518KLJI/AAAAAAAAMc0/boifb34ymLMv7hsvHh03h9jtyWs3nHcHACLcBGAs/s200/Unknown.jpeg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOhkQrIrlSk/WB6KpU53SyI/AAAAAAAAMGo/iN6JmA0PSLQ33MKgwme_F0OSqJDIh9aWQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/TSSbadge1-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOhkQrIrlSk/WB6KpU53SyI/AAAAAAAAMGo/iN6JmA0PSLQ33MKgwme_F0OSqJDIh9aWQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/TSSbadge1-1.png" /></a></div><div>Welcome to The Sunday Salon! Or instead of the SUNday Salon, maybe we should be talking about the SOLAR Eclipse Salon, because as everyone probably knows, tomorrow we will be experiencing a Solar Eclipse. Where are you going to be? Will you be able to see the full eclipse? Here's a <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/danbury">link</a> to see exactly what you'll be able to see...</div><div><br /></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="color: blue;">&nbsp;<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/danbury">https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/danbury</a></span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>When you get to the link, just enter YOUR city &amp; state. The duration of the Solar Eclipse, from start to finish will be 2 hours and 36 minutes. And remember if you do want to "see" it, you'll need protective eyewear and/or protective filters for your cameras (you could ruin your camera by pointing it directly too). Want more Solar Eclipse knowledge? Click the link for <a href="https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how">NASA</a>&nbsp;and learn about the Solar Eclipse and how to view it safetly.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the blink of an eye, the &nbsp;2017 Solar Eclipse will be over and the next North American total solar eclipse won't be here until 2024... So while you're waiting for that, let's talk great books! (<i>Okay, that may have been a cheap seque to today's books</i>)&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>For the last few months, I've been reading, but haven't found "that book". You know that book that you don't want to end, and that you feverishly are glued to 24/7. I've also been busy with a lot of personal stuff, like planning to retire from "the day job" and starting "the great purge" to move. But I spent some time at my great local indie bookstore recently (Byrd's Books) and the great reading fire was lite once again! Yay! So here's what I picked up for that last hurrah of summer reading...</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C23J7ezf-sc/WZmhoxRbJmI/AAAAAAAAMdI/vPoh32-jZXwI_YMCWXTbIztY4ZCam1fEACLcBGAs/s1600/61lQBvLKsjL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C23J7ezf-sc/WZmhoxRbJmI/AAAAAAAAMdI/vPoh32-jZXwI_YMCWXTbIztY4ZCam1fEACLcBGAs/s200/61lQBvLKsjL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="132" /></a><b>The Lying Game by Ruth Ware...</b> <i>On a cool June morning, a woman is walking her dog in the idyllic coastal village of Salten along a tidal estuary known as the Reach. Before she can stop him, the dog charges into the water to retrieve what first appears to be a wayward stick, but to her horror, turns out to be something much more sinister... The next morning, three women in and around London—Fatima, Thea, and Isabel—receive the text they had always hoped would NEVER come, from the fourth in their formerly inseparable clique, Kate, that says only, “I need you.” The four girls were best friends at Salten, a second rate boarding school set near the cliffs of the English Channel. Each different in their own way, the four became inseparable and were notorious for playing the Lying Game, telling lies at every turn to both fellow boarders and faculty, with varying states of serious and flippant nature that were disturbing enough to ensure that everyone steered clear of them. The myriad and complicated rules of the game are strict: no lying to each other—ever. Bail on the lie when it becomes clear it is about to be found out. But their little game had consequences, and the girls were all expelled in their final year of school under mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of the school’s eccentric art teacher, Ambrose (who also happens to be Kate’s father).&nbsp;</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>This is what I'm addicted to now. I walked into the bookstore originally intending to buy the Lizzie Borden story reimagined (See What I Have Done) and did, but this book caught my eye, and after reading a little bit, the writing just hooked me. Ruth Ware is laying the foundation for something OMG, and I can't wait to find out what it is! BTW, Ruth Ware has two other books that have hit home runs in the literary department (In A Dark Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10) and I'll be putting them on my reading list if this is keeps up the literary feast that I'm enjoying now.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">*************</div><div><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f2Ta36SboNg/WZml0YMDr5I/AAAAAAAAMdU/iDiiSUTkH6guCPDwm9xOfGN6PQlMaujRgCLcBGAs/s1600/51IRJlV6lvL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f2Ta36SboNg/WZml0YMDr5I/AAAAAAAAMdU/iDiiSUTkH6guCPDwm9xOfGN6PQlMaujRgCLcBGAs/s200/51IRJlV6lvL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="132" /></a><b>See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt... </b>&nbsp;<i>Sarah Schmidt recasts one of the most fascinating murder cases of all time into an intimate story of a volatile household and a family devoid of love.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>On the morning of August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden calls out to her maid: Someone’s killed Father. The brutal ax-murder of Andrew and Abby Borden in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts, leaves little evidence and many unanswered questions. While neighbors struggle to understand why anyone would want to harm the respected Bordens, those close to the family have a different tale to tell―of a father with an explosive temper; a spiteful stepmother; and two spinster sisters, with a bond even stronger than blood, desperate for their independence. As the police search for clues, Emma comforts an increasingly distraught Lizzie whose memories of that morning flash in scattered fragments. Had she been in the barn or the pear arbor to escape the stifling heat of the house? When did she last speak to her stepmother? Were they really gone and would everything be better now? Shifting among the perspectives of the unreliable Lizzie, her older sister Emma, the housemaid Bridget, and the enigmatic stranger Benjamin, the events of that fateful day are slowly revealed through a high-wire feat of storytelling.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>In the hands of a great writer, a historical event (or well known story) can be reimagined and be just wonderful. You know all the players and yet a different take can electrify the story once again. A GREAT example, and still one of my favorite reads, is<i> Dracula in Love by Karen Essex</i>. OMG, this story is told thru Mina's (Dracula's love interest) point of view and it is simply delicious! This seemed to start out a little slow, but interestingly, so I chose to read The Lying Game first, but will definitely be reading this next. This book has gotten rave reviews and I hope it lives up to the hype.</div><div style="text-align: center;">************</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qm5IWn-XzYI/WZmorEXH3zI/AAAAAAAAMdg/aLaaMwu9bSkao6PM35ytsAW7zvm9S3K2QCLcBGAs/s1600/41XnnrKlEZL._SX334_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="336" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qm5IWn-XzYI/WZmorEXH3zI/AAAAAAAAMdg/aLaaMwu9bSkao6PM35ytsAW7zvm9S3K2QCLcBGAs/s200/41XnnrKlEZL._SX334_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><div><b>Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka&nbsp;</b>...&nbsp;<i>When a beloved high schooler named Lucinda Hayes is found murdered, no one in her sleepy Colorado suburb is untouched—not the boy who loved her too much; not the girl who wanted her perfect life; not the officer assigned to investigate her murder. In the aftermath of the tragedy, these three indelible characters—Cameron, Jade, and Russ—must each confront their darkest secrets in an effort to find solace, the truth, or both. In crystalline prose, Danya Kukafka offers a brilliant exploration of identity and of the razor-sharp line between love and obsession, between watching and seeing, between truth and memory.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>This is characterized as "Suspense", but my first impressions as I was reading a bit of it were more like literary fiction with a sprinkling of suspense. I suppose when I hear suspense, I think of "thriller", which is not always the case. BUT, I really enjoyed the sample writing of Danya Kukafka and had to put the book down before I became totally absorbed.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">************</div><div><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BcFsnQSfOok/WZoHLFSSMdI/AAAAAAAAMdw/axCjw_1F9dAYxcHRVBlGQJgk7_YLGNd2ACLcBGAs/s1600/41s-XwAwzzL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BcFsnQSfOok/WZoHLFSSMdI/AAAAAAAAMdw/axCjw_1F9dAYxcHRVBlGQJgk7_YLGNd2ACLcBGAs/s200/41s-XwAwzzL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="132" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><i>AND Coming Soon to a Bookstore near you... </i></span>There are a few books that are on my radar...&nbsp;<b><i>The Burning Girl by Claire Messud</i></b>, "<i>A bracing, hypnotic coming-of-age story about the bond of best friends" </i>and a book by none other than Nancy Pearl, "America's Librarian, who can recommend a good book in a heartbeat, but now has written one herself. It's called <i><b>George &amp; Lizzie</b></i>, "an intimate story of new and past loves, the scars of childhood, and an imperfect marriage at its defining moments". Will Nancy Pearl's novel writing live up to her review fame? I'm willing to give it a try, just because I'm a Nancy Pearl fan. May be more practical to borrow this one though, I've heard some mixed reviews.&nbsp;</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>That about wraps up this weeks book finds... We'll be back with more great books next week, because there were definitely more books I could have talked about! I think this fall is going to be a great book reading season!</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy reading... Suzanne</div>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-sunday-salon-and-3-thrilling-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447574405650512339.post-221992510292259171Sun, 25 Jun 2017 04:30:00 +00002017-06-25T00:30:35.588-04:00Book recommendationsChick with BooksSummer ReadingSummer reading 2017Sunday SalonThe Sunday Postvacation readingThe Sunday Salon and Packing a Bag of Books for Vacation... <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6y-KJF9ZI9M/WUyC1e2-vdI/AAAAAAAAMZo/1qpVPoOYfqc3xNHf14ca94keH7o12F89ACK4BGAYYCw/s1600/book-sunglasses-beach_h528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6y-KJF9ZI9M/WUyC1e2-vdI/AAAAAAAAMZo/1qpVPoOYfqc3xNHf14ca94keH7o12F89ACK4BGAYYCw/s200/book-sunglasses-beach_h528.jpg" width="200" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3gmlWhOaU9o/WUyCwhxFtUI/AAAAAAAAMZg/Y7N3PsBN7r8N2BdVlo4b8ZqIZavtu0EBACK4BGAYYCw/s1600/TSSbadge1.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3gmlWhOaU9o/WUyCwhxFtUI/AAAAAAAAMZg/Y7N3PsBN7r8N2BdVlo4b8ZqIZavtu0EBACK4BGAYYCw/s400/TSSbadge1.png" /></a><br />Welcome summer! Welcome to <a href="http://dhamel.typepad.com/sundaysalon/">The Sunday Salon</a>! &nbsp;And <span style="font-size: large;"><i>Welcome Back</i></span> to <i>Chick with Books</i>! It's been a few months since I've peeked my head out of the pages of the books I've been reading, but my winter hibernation is over! This week I am going on vacation... destination is Myrtle Beach and I have a bag of books coming with me! What's in my bag?... Beach Reads! Let's take a look at three...<br /><br />Here's the first book that caught my eye and wound up in the book bag... Isn't summer the perfect time for a little romance?<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rYDacflegSY/WUyNP9USFfI/AAAAAAAAMaE/5Jy_CaCp8sM1EthxnfaITWbruxgfnBdrACK4BGAYYCw/s1600/517U90EoYSL._SX331_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rYDacflegSY/WUyNP9USFfI/AAAAAAAAMaE/5Jy_CaCp8sM1EthxnfaITWbruxgfnBdrACK4BGAYYCw/s200/517U90EoYSL._SX331_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="133" /></a><b>The Map That Leads to You by J.P. Monniger's...&nbsp;</b><br /><i><br /></i><i>Two strangers take the road less traveled...</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Heather Mulgrew’s world is already mapped out: she is going to travel abroad with her friends after college, come back to a great career in September, and head into a life where not much is left to chance. But that was before an encounter on an overnight train introduces her to Jack, a passionate adventurer who changes the course of her journey and her life.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Throwing Heather's careful itinerary to the wind, they follow Jack's grandfather's journal through post-World War II era Europe: Vienna, Budapest, Turkey―exotic places that serve only to heighten their feelings. As September looms, Jack urges Heather to stay with him, to keep traveling, to give in to the romance of their experience; Heather convinces him to return to the United States.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Jack has a secret that could change everything. And Heather’s world is about to be shaken to the core.</i><br /><div style="text-align: center;">***************************************</div>Next book to make it in the book bag is&nbsp;one of those "Chick" books. And I just love where the story takes place (Cape Cod) in and I like the family&nbsp;dynamics involved (Sisters)... this actually is more of what I think of as a beach read...<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mmMRiEat4js/WUyO1IjVYUI/AAAAAAAAMaQ/77BWdAYGI2EYOrJ0uq0Nr7XWy4Jtkd8RACK4BGAYYCw/s1600/41XUg%252BQcUEL._SX319_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mmMRiEat4js/WUyO1IjVYUI/AAAAAAAAMaQ/77BWdAYGI2EYOrJ0uq0Nr7XWy4Jtkd8RACK4BGAYYCw/s200/41XUg%252BQcUEL._SX319_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="128" /></a><b>The Identicals&nbsp;by Elin Hilderbrand...&nbsp;</b><br /><i><br /></i><i>Identical twin sisters who couldn't look more alike...or live more differently.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Harper Frost is laid-back, easygoing. She doesn't care what anyone thinks of her. She likes a beer and a shot and wouldn't be caught dead wearing anything fashionable. She's inherited her father's rundown house on Martha's Vineyard, but she can't hold down a job, and her latest romantic disaster has the entire island talking.&nbsp;</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Two beautiful islands only eleven miles apart.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Tabitha Frost is dignified, refined. She prefers a fine wine and has inherited the impeccable taste of her mother, the iconic fashion designer Eleanor Roxie-Frost. She's also inherited her mother's questionable parenting skills--Tabitha's teenage daughter, Ainsley, is in full rebellion mode--and a flailing fashion boutique on Nantucket in desperate need of a cash infusion.&nbsp;</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>One unforgettable summer that will change their lives forever.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i></i><br /><i>After more than a decade apart, Harper and Tabitha switch islands--and lives--to save what's left of their splintered family. But the twins quickly discover that the secrets, lies, and gossip they thought they'd outrun can travel between islands just as easily as they can. Will Harper and Tabitha be able to bury the hatchet and end their sibling rivalry once and for all? Before the last beach picnic of the season, there will be enough old resentments, new loves, and cases of mistaken identity to make this the most talked-about summer that Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket have experienced in ages.</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*****************************</i></div>Here's another book where the place is special... South Carolina's low country ( a place I love to visit). &nbsp;The last book that made it into the bag for this trip is...<br /><i><br /></i><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vJvUd8-I67U/WUyTozLdlUI/AAAAAAAAMak/EaqvQBRGcfclj6xG2Nke906hQoAkSCDIgCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/51kNeISURzL._SX331_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vJvUd8-I67U/WUyTozLdlUI/AAAAAAAAMak/EaqvQBRGcfclj6xG2Nke906hQoAkSCDIgCK4BGAYYCw/s200/51kNeISURzL._SX331_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="133" /></a><b>Same Beach, Next Year: A Novel by&nbsp;Dorothea Benton Frank...</b><i>&nbsp;</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>One enchanted summer, two couples begin a friendship that will last more than twenty years and transform their lives.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>A chance meeting on the Isle of Palms, one of Charleston’s most stunning barrier islands, brings former sweethearts, Adam Stanley and Eve Landers together again. Their respective spouses, Eliza and Carl, fight sparks of jealousy flaring from their imagined rekindling of old flames. As Adam and Eve get caught up on their lives, their partners strike up a deep friendship—and flirt with an unexpected attraction—of their own.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Year after year, Adam, Eliza, Eve, and Carl eagerly await their reunion at Wild Dunes, a condominium complex at the island’s tip end, where they grow closer with each passing day, building a friendship that will withstand financial catastrophe, family tragedy, and devastating heartbreak. The devotion and love they share will help them weather the vagaries of time and enrich their lives as circumstances change, their children grow up and leave home, and their twilight years approach.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i></i><br /><i>Bursting with the intoxicating richness of Dorothea Benton Frank’s beloved Lowcountry—the sultry sunshine, cool ocean breezes, icy cocktails, and starry velvet skies—Same Beach, Next Year is a dazzling celebration of the infrangible power of friendship, the enduring promise of summer, and the indelible bonds of love.</i><br /><div style="text-align: center;">************************</div><i><span style="font-size: large;">One other book made it into my eReader...&nbsp;</span></i><br /><b><br /></b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v2q8ltQhyGA/WU3MADExoiI/AAAAAAAAMa0/j6MOyVPowwAvyyB6307WDZNbyaIanUDPQCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/51j-cC1yraL-1._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v2q8ltQhyGA/WU3MADExoiI/AAAAAAAAMa0/j6MOyVPowwAvyyB6307WDZNbyaIanUDPQCK4BGAYYCw/s200/51j-cC1yraL-1._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="132" /></a><b>Beach House for Rent by Mary Alice Monroe...&nbsp;</b><i>When Cara Rutledge rents out her quaint beach house on Isle of Palms to Heather Wyatt for the entire summer, it’s a win-win by any standard: Cara’s generating income necessary to keep husband Brett’s ecotourism boat business afloat, and anxiety-prone Heather, an young artist who’s been given a commission to paint birds on postage stamps, has a quiet space in which to work and tend to her pet canaries uninterrupted.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>It isn’t long, however, before both women’s idyllic summers are altered irrevocably: the alluring shorebirds—and the man who rescues them—begin to draw Heather out of the shell she’s cultivated toward a world of adventure, and maybe even love; at the same time, Cara’s life reels with sudden tragedy, and she wishes only to return to the beach house that had once been her port amidst life’s storms. When Heather refuses to budge from her newfound sanctuary, so begins the unlikeliest of rooming situations. While they start out as strangers, as everything around the women falls apart they learn that the only thing they can really rely on is each other.</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>And, like the migrating shorebirds that come to the island for the summer, these two women of different generations must rediscover their unique strengths so by summer’s end they, too, can take flight in ways they never imagined possible.</i><br /><i><br /></i>Of&nbsp;course the setting is still South Carolina, there's the beach and it's sprinkled with birding!<br /><div style="text-align: center;">********************************</div>Summer vacation reads, to me, need to be light and romantic at heart. I don't want to read about police investigations, murders or kidnappings. I save those genre's for the rest of the year. Do you read differently on vacation? Do you change your reading habits in the summer?<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>What kinds of books do you like to read in the summer?&nbsp;</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's nice to be back and to talk about books! And there are so many great books to talk about now too! &nbsp;Share your summer plans and summer reading! I'll be heading for some relaxation on a beach in South Carolina with books in hand. I'll also be keeping my eye out for any great book stores on the way and there! I'll be gone for two weeks, but back to <i>Chick with Books </i>on Sunday, July 16th! Come back then and say hello and see what other great books I've found to share!&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Happy reading... Suzanne</i></div>http://chickwithbooks.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-sunday-salon-and-packing-bag-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Suzanne Yester)2